Deal offering me 20k in advance. How to make the most of it? I’m an artist based in California and a record label reached out offering me $20,000 as an advance for a 2 year lease on my back-catalogue of music at a 70/30% split (artist/label). After deliberating, I’m leaning towards taking the deal and need your help making the most of this opportunity because I’m pretty financially shaky at the moment. Mu…

I have enough to just pay off my 20k student loan debt in one swoop. Should I do it? I’ve been saving diligently since the pause began and have enough to pay it all off + $3k (ish) starter emergency fund left over. Should I do it all at once or do it over payments and invest? Leaning toward the former since the market is whack and a lot is up in the air right now. I think the dollar is about to tank. submitted by /u/jack…

My monthly income has recently grown from $2000-$2500 to over $6000, allowing me to save up some money. Besides putting $5k into VTSAX, what’s the best way I can put $20k to work? The title basically summarizes the post. My employment circumstances have recently changed, allowing me to save the most amount of money I’ve ever accumulated since I started working 6 years ago. I’ve opened up a Vanguard brokerage account, and I’m planning on investing $5,000 into VTSAX index funds for starters while I expand my financial liter…