Hello! We’re Matt & Gina, the husband & wife team behind Saving Your Tail, the personal finance site and social media presence dedicated to helping you make the most of your money.
Matt’s the writer of the articles on this site, sharing in-depth tips and analyses on saving, earning, investing, & protecting your money that you won’t find anywhere else.
Gina’s the creator of daily videos posted on all major social media platforms, sharing helpful ways to save money with some entertainment too, making saving money fun! These videos aren’t on this site, so follow our social media profiles linked in the site header/menu so you don’t miss out.
Here’s a little about our background.
Personal finance was a passion of Matt’s from early on. He became hooked on discovering new ideas to save money, earn extra income, and invest, and he began putting those ideas to work as soon as he had the first penny to his name.
His career started as an engineer focused on cost reduction, & he applied those same principles to our personal finances. After a decade working on spacecraft, bulldozers, and defense products, he reached a major life goal: achieving financial independence in just 10 years.
Along the way, Matt was blessed to meet the love of his life Gina who miraculously shared his same values of frugality and passion for saving.
We started out from fairly humble beginnings. Matt began his career with a salary in the $50K’s, and Gina spent most of our marriage in the incredibly important, but unpaid, job of being th wonderful homemaker for our growing family of now 5. So despite Matt’s higher income as his career grew, our combined household income was similar to the average U.S. family.
The key to us achieving financial independence in just 10 years was the collection of money saving, earning, and investing ideas we learned over the years. With these ideas, we were able to eventually save nearly 70% of our income to invest and grow while living a comfortable lifestyle.
After seeing many friends & their families struggling to make ends meet with similar incomes in an environment of high inflation and a shaky economy, we began thinking of how we could help others take control of their finances and live a better life, and the idea for this site was born.
Our mission is to share those same ideas with you, giving you the tools you need to reach your family’s financial goals sooner than you could ever imagine, and without having to make painful sacrifices along the way.
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