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Take part in the raffle for a $ 100 Free Home Depot Gift Card for 2021

Thanks to you Wealthy Nickel readers, I am giving a $ 100 Home Depot Gift Card to one lucky winner. Scroll down the page for full details! I started giving giveaways on this site about a year ago and have not stopped since then. I love pranks because they are a way to give you […]

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How Jeff makes over $ 1,000 a year with online surveys

Is it really possible to make money from online surveys? I had the opportunity to interview Jeff Cooper, who blogs at Have Your Dollars Make Sense, about his side work with online polls and micro-problems. There is a lot of controversy about whether you can actually make money through surveys, but as you will see […]

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10 properties in 10 years with Jonathan Sanchez

Welcome to the Wealthy Nickel Side Hustle and Entrepreneur interview series, where I share inspiring stories of people pursuing financial freedom through entrepreneurship. Today I had the opportunity to interview my friend and fellow blogger Jonathan Sanchez. He and his wife decided to invest in rental properties to improve the well-being of their family, and […]

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11 common money mistakes and how to avoid them

Congratulations! You graduated from college and took your first job! This is an exciting and frightening new chapter all rolled into one. You will make some serious money for the first time in your life, but you will also be responsible for some serious adult bills. Avoid the most common monetary mistakes made by college […]

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How risk averse are you? Here are the best ways to find out?

All the recent hype around Gamestop, cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and meme stocks got me thinking: anyone no longer risk averse? Anyone appreciate a steady profit versus playing 50/50 to win big or lose it all? Of course, I know the answer is yes. There are currently over $ 4 trillion in passive funds, which […]

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How long to keep tax returns: 7 questions to consider

How long to keep tax returns is one of the most frequently asked questions in personal finance. Did you know that the average American spends 13 hours a year preparing federal tax returns? For small business owners, this figure almost doubles to 24 hours! After filing your tax return for the year, it’s always a […]

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Is Chase Sapphire Preferred the Best Reward Credit Card Ever?

Whether you are looking for cashback or travel rewards, Chase Sapphire Preferred is one of the best cards out there. When I first learned about credit card rewards, Chase Sapphire Preferred was the very first card I applied for. With this card alone, our family of four was able to fly home for Christmas practically […]

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How to make money playing video games on Twitch [Melanie’s Story]

Welcome to the Wealthy Nickel Side Hustle and Entrepreneur interview series, where I share inspiring stories of people pursuing financial freedom through entrepreneurship. Today I had the opportunity to interview my friend and fellow blogger Melanie Allen of Partners in Fire. She has a very interesting side fuss about she is paid to play video […]

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Bullish versus Bearish Market? What do you need to know

The stock market can sometimes feel like a gamble – one day you might wake up and find your investment has gone up 5% overnight, then six months later there was an unexpected crash and you lost all of your profits (and then a little) But what if I told you that this so-called “randomness” […]

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How to stay calm during market fluctuations

Wise choice of bread For the past few weeks, I have closed my eyes before looking at my investments, and only looked through my fingers – as if I was facing Freddy Krueger, and not with a number of numbers. It doesn’t help that financial news headlines are full of daunting potential futures: possible recession, […]

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