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Financial Advice I Would Give My Younger Self – Planning for Education Funding

At the end of most lectures I give, the moderator usually asks, "What else should our audience know?"  I always look at the younger members in the room or on the screen and think — if only I knew this when I was your age. 

While my business is in providing financial and wealth planning advice to clients who have already built a significant amount of wealth, there are many fundamental planning strategies that apply to those just starting out in their careers, things, which frankly, I wish I knew when I was growing up.  Therefore, I am penning this four-part series on planning advice I would give to my younger self.  The topics will range from planning for college savings, young families, retirement, to caring for aging parents.  This first article focuses on planning for college savings.

Saving for college is often thought

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