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Whether we have a million dollars or a few hundred, we still enjoy tips about how to manage them. The Royal Neighbors Foundation is here to help. These articles offer sound financial advice as you go about living your life. Whether you’re buying a house, paying for college, adding to your family, changing careers, or planning for retirement, let the Royal Neighbors Foundation be a resource for you.

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Meet Kristen Euretig!

Kristen Euretig Kristen Euretig, CFP^®, has been retained by the Foundation to provide educational financial articles and webinars for the Foundation to help us fulfill our mission of Building Women’s Futures Through Financial Education^SM. She is the founder of Brooklyn Plans, LLC, a business designed to address the void in the financial planning industry for women in their 20s-40s to access reliable, independent financial advice and services. She is passionate about connecting women to the help they need to take control of their finances.

A former school teacher, Kristen developed curriculum and implemented financial education programs internationally, including Nigeria and Nicaragua.

Receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in linguistics at the University of California, San Diego, Kristen earned her Master of Science degree in education/teaching English as a second language at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus. She received her Certificate, Financial Planning, at Boston University.

She has been featured in Forbes, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal as an expert financial planner and advocate.

Kristen Euretig, CFP^®, owns Brooklyn Plans, LLC, a financial planning firm dedicated to helping today’s women.

These articles are for informational purposes only and do not constitute tax or financial advice. Individuals should contact their financial
professional for assistance.

“Just imagine what the world would be like if women weren’t afraid of their finances anymore and instead were equipped with the tools and support they needed to achieve their goals and live their dreams.”
—Kristen

Back to school: Saving for your kids’ future

Foundation

Aug 8, 2018

Settling monthly bills and saving for inevitable unplanned costs—a broken air conditioning unit, a sprained ankle—is hard enough without factoring in saving for other, more distant goals. It can be tough to find the motivation, strategy or room in the budget to fund long-term goals like saving for your children’s future.
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Balancing student debt repayment with other financial goals

Foundation

Jul 10, 2018

Student debt is more widespread than ever before. For many, the repayment is a much larger burden than they expected when they first took out the loans, especially factoring in stagnant wage growth.
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Why you can relax about your student loans

Foundation

Jun 6, 2018

Paying off student loans is nothing to take lightly. If left unaddressed, the balance can affect your credit score, limit your options for buying property, derail your retirement savings, keep you from taking risks in your career or in your life that might help you in the long run—and induce some serious anxiety when you check the balance.
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How to handle the loss of an income

Foundation

May 8, 2018

It takes hard work, determination—and in most cases a lot of time—to build up your income and save enough to finance the life you want to live, whether that means adopting a dog and renting an apartment in your dream city, providing a stable life for your family or funding your grandchildren’s education.
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Spring cleaning: Making sense of financial clutter

Foundation

Apr 4, 2018

Take advantage of your springtime energy to clean up a mess that is way more harmful than the dirt on your kitchen floors or the miscellany in your couch cushions: financial clutter.
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A beginner's guide to goals-based investing

Foundation

Mar 21, 2018

Being intentional about your goals can mean the difference between success and failure. Think about it: you are more likely to get in running shape if you commit to a race and design a schedule to prepare, and more likely to finish a big project at work if you tell your boss about it and build a to-do list.
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