Personal Finance Tip #9: Start a Retirement Account

It is very important that you start — immediately — to build a retirement account. So this personal finance tip can’t be stressed enough:

Open a retirement account. NOW.

If you already have one, consider upping your contribution if you have not maxed out.

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