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In 2001, at 22 years old, Alan Corey moved out of his mom’s basement in Atlanta and into a sublet in the housing projects of Manhattan. He got a job as a technical support operator making $45,000 a year. When Corey told his friends and family that he was going to get rich off real estate investing, he says they laughed at him. But he proved everyone wrong. Corey invested a large chunk of his 9-to-5 earnings into real estate. Now, at 45, he's a self-made millionaire with 366 units in his property portfolio. He earned his first million through unconventional investing methods that took advantage of a strong real estate market. Here are four cheat codes that he says can skyrocket your wealth.

Is being nice holding you back at work? One viral TikTok has young workers up in arms about the perils of being pleasant in the workplace. A TikToker who goes by the name Jacqueline recently posted a TikTok video where she claimed that people who are “a pleasure to work with” will “never get promoted.” The video has struck a nerve and has now racked up 8 million views and 900,000 likes. But is it true?

Although Americans’ average credit scores recently dropped for the first time in a decade, many appear to be maintaining a relatively healthy score. The average credit score dipped by one point, from 718 to 717, according to FICO’s March 6 blog post. Your FICO and VantageScore credit score can fall anywhere between 300 and 850, and a 717 score is considered to be “very good,” according to the VantageScore model. When you break down the average credit score by age, most Americans appear to have a good score as well. Here’s the average credit score by generation as of March 2024. 👇️

There’s a vast and complicated industry around planning for life in retirement, but if you’re thinking about how you can call it quits earlier or live more luxuriously when you do retire, the calculus can be remarkably simple. “The big knob you can turn is cost of living,” says Tommy Sikes, a certified financial planner and founder of Traveltirement. If you’re hoping to retire in style while keeping costs low, a European retirement may be right for you. But as you begin searching for chateaus, keep these three tips in mind.

Jeff Bezos doesn’t let his responsibilities — executive chairman of Amazon, owner of Blue Origin, being a billionaire investor — get in the way of his slow-moving morning routine. The 60-year-old kicks off every day like a lot of people do: dragging his feet and scrolling on his smartphone, he recently told the “Lex Fridman Podcast.” This appeared to shock Fridman, who’d just called Bezos “one of the most productive humans in the world.”

Have you experienced the “Google effect?" Digital amnesia is the tendency for the brain to forget information that can be easily accessed online. It can weaken your memory, says Cynthia Borja, a project leader at The Decision Lab, a think tank where researchers study how people make decisions. In order not need to rely on the search box so often, Borja says it’s worth it to spend a little more time and energy committing information to memory. Here are three simple steps you can take to wean yourself of Google and improve your recall.

How much do you pay for rent — and is it worth it? We asked residents in New York City and Los Angeles how much it costs them to live there. Here's what they said. 💰

It’s not easy to pick up your life and move overseas to work abroad, but it can also be very rewarding.

There’s a new No. 1 U.S. airline — and it’s not Delta. WalletHub recently released a ranking of the best airlines in the U.S. The site compared the nine biggest domestic airlines, plus one regional carrier, across 13 metrics in three major categories: - Baggage and departures - In-flight comfort and cost - Safety After two years in the top spot, Delta Air Lines slipped to fourth place, behind new No. 1 Alaska Airlines, as well as SkyWest and Spirit. Check out the full list: https://cnb.cx/3UHdraR

Millennials may have ditched their “broke generation” stereotype. Household wealth among Americans under age 40 — which includes most millennials, who are currently ages 28 to 43, and some Gen Zers, who are currently in their teens and up to age 27 — grew by a whopping 49% between 2019 and 2023, according to a Center for American Progress analysis of Federal Reserve data. The inflation-adjusted average net worth of households headed by someone age 40 or under was around $174,000 at the end of 2019. That number grew by $85,000 to hit $259,000 by the end of 2023, CAP found.