I finally started making good money, and am currently self-employed. I want to start investing heavily and I think I get the main gist but want to hear from you all. First, max out retirement plans. At this point I qualify for Roth IRA, as well a Traditional IRA, and I believe I can also create a SEP IRA. If that's the case, max those out. After that, put excess money that is not needed into a taxable investment account. I also intend to put money into an HSA to lower my tax burden, and am exploring rental homes in the future.
I have not decided yet if I will use Vanguard or Betterment. I will not have 100,000 right off to put into Betterment, so maybe Vanguard will be the better start, but I do like the idea of Betterment handling everything effortlessly.