--For dummies

"Build a budget that matches your means; Decide between renting or buying a home; Take your first steps into investing"--Cover

"When you've officially begun "adulting" and it's time to make big financial decisions, Personal Finance In Your 20s & 30s For Dummies offers step-by-step advice on building a foundation for your financial futures. Bestselling author and money management guru Eric Tyson shares simple guidance on budgeting, investing, insurance, housing, and more, walking you through how to make the decisions you'll need to make to set yourself up for the rest of your life. You'll learn how to manage debt, co-manage your finances with a partner, and distinguish sound information and advice from meaningless noise and trends. The book is a roadmap to financial health and security that's straightforward enough for anyone to follow and applies to people at almost any income level"--

Includes index

Introduction -- PART 1. Getting started with personal finance. Your financial checkup ; Budgeting, goal setting, and valuing saving ; Using loans and paying down debts ; Everything credit: scores and reports -- PART 2: Saving and earning more. Proven ways to spend less and save more ; Taxes: reduce them when you can! ; Housing: comparing renting and buying ; Relationship and money ; Making the most of your career -- PART 3: Investing for your future goals. Successful investing principles ; Making the best use of bank accounts ; Portfolios for a purpose ; Real estate investing -- PART 4: Insurance: protect yourself, your loved ones, and your assets. Taking care with health insurance ; Safeguarding your income ; Home, auto, renter's, and other insurance policies -- PART 5: Your information diet. Using media resources ; Professionals you hire -- PART 6: The part of tens. Ten ways to save on a car ; Ten things worth more than money ; Nearly ten things to know about apps