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About MartinBooker

AARP Expert

Tell us about yourself:

Martin Booker is a member of AARP’s financial resilience team, leading financial education initiatives focused on social security, budgeting and investing. Before joining AARP, Martin worked in the non-profit sector where he developed a passion for helping people improve their money habits. He has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Connecticut and earned a Certificate in Financial Planning at Georgetown University.

Area of knowledge and what I know well:

Personal Finance- Budgeting, Credit, Savings and Investing.

Certificates/Awards

Certification in Financial Planning educational requirement

09/2017

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Re: Ask the Expert: Managing Debt

A good first sign that you need to get serious about managing your debt is if you feel stressed thinking about your debts. Another sign that your debt may be getting out of hand is how reliant you are on credit cards. Don’t confuse that with “you c...

MartinBooker 10-11-2021 08:55 AM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Managing Debt

AARP Money Map offers an opportunity to organize your day-to-day finances while creating clear plans of action for various financial challenges. From your dashboard, you can get assistance with unplanned expenses, debt management, build a budget and ...

MartinBooker 10-08-2021 07:46 AM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Managing Debt

Throughout the process of debt management, there are certain actions and terms that will be helpful to know. To start this series, let’s ground ourselves in some of the important terms that would be good to know during your debt management journey: L...

MartinBooker 10-04-2021 02:46 PM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Saving During the Holidays

Expenses to watch out for during the holidays: Gifts that have a reoccurring expense- Giving and getting items that require a subscription or additional purchases can add up and become a financial obligation that someone didn’t expect Items that you ...

MartinBooker 11-13-2020 02:04 PM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Saving During the Holidays

Things to consider before opening an item that could be regifted: I remember leaving a bluetooth speaker boxed for months following Christmas because I kept saying “I probably won’t use this and I can regift it”. In June of 2020 I began spending much...

MartinBooker 11-12-2020 05:06 PM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Managing Debt

A good first sign that you need to get serious about managing your debt is if you feel stressed thinking about your debts. Another sign that your debt may be getting out of hand is how reliant you are on credit cards. Don’t confuse that with “you c...

MartinBooker 10-11-2021 08:55 AM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Managing Debt

AARP Money Map offers an opportunity to organize your day-to-day finances while creating clear plans of action for various financial challenges. From your dashboard, you can get assistance with unplanned expenses, debt management, build a budget and ...

MartinBooker 10-08-2021 07:46 AM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Managing Debt

Throughout the process of debt management, there are certain actions and terms that will be helpful to know. To start this series, let’s ground ourselves in some of the important terms that would be good to know during your debt management journey: L...

MartinBooker 10-04-2021 02:46 PM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Saving During the Holidays

Expenses to watch out for during the holidays: Gifts that have a reoccurring expense- Giving and getting items that require a subscription or additional purchases can add up and become a financial obligation that someone didn’t expect Items that you ...

MartinBooker 11-13-2020 02:04 PM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Saving During the Holidays

Things to consider before opening an item that could be regifted: I remember leaving a bluetooth speaker boxed for months following Christmas because I kept saying “I probably won’t use this and I can regift it”. In June of 2020 I began spending much...

MartinBooker 11-12-2020 05:06 PM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Managing Debt

A good first sign that you need to get serious about managing your debt is if you feel stressed thinking about your debts. Another sign that your debt may be getting out of hand is how reliant you are on credit cards. Don’t confuse that with “you c...

MartinBooker 10-11-2021 08:55 AM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Managing Debt

AARP Money Map offers an opportunity to organize your day-to-day finances while creating clear plans of action for various financial challenges. From your dashboard, you can get assistance with unplanned expenses, debt management, build a budget and ...

MartinBooker 10-08-2021 07:46 AM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Managing Debt

Throughout the process of debt management, there are certain actions and terms that will be helpful to know. To start this series, let’s ground ourselves in some of the important terms that would be good to know during your debt management journey: L...

MartinBooker 10-04-2021 02:46 PM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Saving During the Holidays

Expenses to watch out for during the holidays: Gifts that have a reoccurring expense- Giving and getting items that require a subscription or additional purchases can add up and become a financial obligation that someone didn’t expect Items that you ...

MartinBooker 11-13-2020 02:04 PM

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Re: Ask the Expert: Saving During the Holidays

Things to consider before opening an item that could be regifted: I remember leaving a bluetooth speaker boxed for months following Christmas because I kept saying “I probably won’t use this and I can regift it”. In June of 2020 I began spending much...

MartinBooker 11-12-2020 05:06 PM

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Date Registered	‎06-17-2019 04:06 PM
Last Visited	‎02-02-2022 11:32 PM
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