Our mission at Guide to Money is simple: we want everyone to worry less about making money and spend more time on the things that truly matter in life. At Guide to Money we bring you our latest ideas on how to make money, save money and make smarter financial choices.
Our readers always come first
Our number one goal at Guide to Money is to help readers improve their financial lives. Our focus is on the long term: building habits and knowledge that lead to building financial stability and understanding. When someone comes to our site, we want to provide the best content possible to help them accomplish that.
So how do we get paid?
We make money through relationships with advertising partners. If you click on any of our partners’ links on our website and end up completing an offer, making a purchase, opening an account, etc., we may receive a small commission from that advertiser — at absolutely no extra cost to you.
Of course, this may influence which products we review and write about (and where those products are mentioned on Guide to Money), but third-party compensation does not affect our editorial due diligence, which is grounded in research and putting our readers’ priorities first. We routinely research and write about products from all sorts of companies, whether or not they pay us.
Long story short — we started Guide to Money by putting our readers first, and that will never change.
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Information on this site is a basic introduction to personal finance. You have many more legal rights and avenues than we can possibly list here. You may want to consult a professional financial advisor, credit counselor, or obtain legal advice from a lawyer if your situation is in crisis or requires immediate action to resolve a problem.
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This site provides information about the law designed to help users improve their personal finances, however, legal information is not the same as legal advice! We are not financial advisors, attorneys, or legal professionals and nothing published on this site should be considered financial or legal advice.
Although we go to great lengths to make sure our information is accurate and useful, we recommend you consult a lawyer. This provides you with the professional assurance that our information, and your interpretation of the information, is appropriate to your particular situation.
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Disclosure of Compensation for Affiliate Endorsements
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