Money basics and budgeting
Make a simple budget, build a savings cushion, and see where your money goes each month.
By CJ Silvas, CPA
Faith. Family. Finances.
Free lessons in plain words: budgeting, buying a home, protecting your family, business, taxes, and investing basics.
A CPA with a decade of experience. Now he's teaching it all to you.
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What you will learn
Eight topics, taught in plain words by a CPA.
Buying a home
Learn the steps to buying a home, from saving up to closing day.
Protecting your family
Life insurance basicsLearn how life insurance works, the main types, and how to think about what your family would need.
Starting a business
Learn the first steps: choosing a business type, the paperwork, and setting up simple books.
Growing a business
Learn simple ways to find customers, get referrals, and build habits that help your business grow.
Buying a business
Learn how to find a business for sale, check it out with care, and make a fair offer.
Saving on taxes
Learn tax basics from a CPA, plus legal ways to lower your tax bill.
Investing basics
Learn how investing works: saving for retirement, spreading out risk, and thinking long term.
Education only. Not investment advice.
Meet CJ
By CJ Silvas, CPA
CJ Silvas is a CPA with a decade of experience. He left his 9 to 5 job to start his own business, and went on to buy CPA firms. Now he is teaching it all to you, step by step, so you can do it yourself.
Education only
- We teach the steps. You decide what is right for you.
- We do not sell financial products, and we never act on your behalf.
- Investing basics are general education, not investment advice.
- We make no promises about results. Your results depend on your own choices.