Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Everyone knows Amazon started in a garage. What most people miss is that the garage was part of a rental. In 1994, Jeff Bezos and then-wife MacKenzie Scott were paying $890 a month for a modest house in Bellevue, Washington. According to The New York Post, they didn't own the place—they leased it. The garage that launched Amazon wasn't attached to a tech compound or a luxury estate. It was borrowed space, ...

Financial personality Anthony O'Neal is challenging mentor Dave Ramsey‘s famous “zero credit” rule. After a decade of preaching it, O'Neal now believes that having no credit history is too great a liability in 2025. His evolved philosophy states that a carefully managed, high credit score — achieved without consumer debt — is a critical tool for unlocking financial opportunities and building wealth. "My mind has shifted. My mind has evolved," O'Neal said on his Youtube show, "The Table With AO," in Aug ...

Many financial influencers claim they made millions through side hustles, making it sound simple. The reality is more complicated. So, what does it really take to build wealth this way? Find Out: I Asked AI To Make Me As Much Money As Possible: Here’s What Happened, According to Codie Sanchez Read Next: Warren Buffett: 10 Things Poor People Waste Money On I asked ChatGPT to use its prodigious analytical power to sift through all the noise and answer how to actually build wealth with a side hustle. Here’s ...