Ally Jane Ayers, CFP @aallyjane
Financial planner to the indie stars. Co-founder of @brooklyn_fi. Co-host of The Liquidity Event podcast. brooklynfi.com Brooklyn, NY Joined June 2011-
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I’m headed to Austin this Tuesday - record shopping and signing books at @endofanear and @WaterlooRecords in the afternoon. 5:30pm book event at UT @Warfield_UT (free / open to the public) 7-10 hanging at Lolo Wine with music courtesy of @astspiritsrec
Girl math is convincing a bank to loan you money to buy a house when you’re self-employed.
Tax advisors are often battling misinformation spread by influencers on popular platforms like TikTok. cnbc.com/2023/10/02/her…
myStockOptions has a booth at the @NASPP conference in DC this week! Here's a special guest appearance by @aallyjane, AJ Ayers, co-founder of @Brooklyn_FI and a periodic myStockOptions webinar presenter. If you're at the conference, please visit!
having a work from home email job that pays your rent is probably the most luxurious thing a human being can experience
Tonight at Madison Square Garden there are two events. One is an MMA fight and the other is a concert featuring Patti Smith and The National. It’s glorious and the ushers are exhausted.
Holy 🐄! BKFi made the Inc 5000 list for the second year in a row! What an honor. Fun fact: only 19% of companies on the Inc 5000 list make it a second time. #bkfi #rocketship
Been a big year for guys who seem a little sleepy
Congrats to @nabilayers for being named to the 2023 @a2im board 🎉
Congrats to @nabilayers for being named to the 2023 @a2im board 🎉
So this is what Manhattan has been up to since I last visited in Feb 2020
Ah, the 10b5-1 plan! Designed with good intentions to prevent insider trading by top executives at public companies. But, like most laws, there are loopholes! We walk through what these plans are and how laws are changing.
No idea why AirBnB’s business is suffering. Anyway last time I stayed at one I forgot to separate garbage and recycling and the owner shot me with a bow and arrow
What's ur go-to podcast when u need a break from #fintwit FA success/practice mgmt ones? Two that I enjoy the hell out of: -Liquidity Event w/ @aallyjane & @shanemasoncpa -Pete the Planner Show w/ @PeteThePlanner, @IAmDamianD & @AhleniusKristen What's so great about them...
A Libby is the highest honor in the land.
Repping @Brooklyn_FI on @cheddar news this mornin. We talked tips for boosting your credit score, which is more important than ever with today’s interest rates.
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Tax advisors are often battling misinformation spread by influencers on popular platforms like TikTok. cnbc.com/2023/10/02/her…
Found some old @AlanBraufman cassettes - can’t wait to find out what’s on these!
GOTH night in Brooklyn
Talkin’ GOTH tonight…
Chatting w @LolTolhurst this Tues at @POWERHOUSEArena in DUMBO powerhousearena.com/events/goth/
hello! i have a new job! i’m now a senior editor @nytimes, where i’ll be working on The Daily 🗞️🗞️🗞️
I don’t date anymore because I’m convinced there’s a wave of divorcees about to hit the market and I can get a pre-trained one for a real bargain.
in July, the average eBay price for a copy of the Braille edition of Playboy was $59. On July 24th, Vogue released a video tour of Jenna Lyons' apartment where she showed off the copy she keeps in her living room. in August, the average eBay price was $459.
My Friday win: after not making the volleyball team last week, my 13 yr old joined the XC team. At their first time trial yesterday she was the 3rd fastest (and youngest) girl on the team. Woohoo! (And yes, I realize that this is really my child's win. But I'll take it!).
v. excited to see @TheNational at MSG tonight. crazy to think about their Barclays show 10 yrs ago, which felt like an absurdly gigantic step up for the band at the time. my first ever real RS byline was a review of that show (thanks @simonwilliam!) rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…
"That's six years of doing research to find properties, visiting those properties, taking out debt to buy them, looking for tenants, and maintaining each property for only $30,000 a year." My latest on "return on hassle" and why it's a spectrum: ofdollarsanddata.com/return-on-hass…
Super humbled to be named to @Investopedia's Top 100 for a 2nd year. I'm a small, specialized firm & currently partner w/ ~30 clients. I'm not making lists that are about sales, how much $$ a firm manages, or "pay-to-play" marketing. I also started after 40, so that one's out.
i know everyone thinks Cruise Ship Journalism is passe these days but a magazine really should send a Bright Young Literary Talent on the party bus ferrying fans up and back to The Hold Steady's festival upstate
Shopify deleted 12,000 meetings this year. Today, they went a step further with a tool that shows the $$$ cost of holding meetings. I spoke to @CanadaKaz (Shopify's COO) about meeting bloat and protecting craft time. Here are 6 spicy takes from our interview 👇
We have some strong opinions on rental real estate. Our top five reasons not to do it: complexity, time is money, concentrated risk, opportunity cost, and unknown "fixed costs." Check out this gnarly iceberg. #rentalrealestate #passiveincome 👓Read here: hubs.li/Q01Xjcyy0
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