Guide to Organizing your Finances
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Financial Planing
5 Ways to Stick to Your Financial Goals in 2021
You might have already identified your financial goals to start in 2021, but a couple...
Long-Term Financial Goals: How To Plan Your Financial Future at Any Age
Long-term financial goals take five or more years to accomplish and generally apply to major...
What is the FIRE Movement + How to Make It A Reality
Save more, spend smarter, and make your money go further In a world with stagnating...
Moving Abroad? The Importance of a Life Insurance Review
Life insurance is never a pleasant topic of conversation – let’s face it, none of...
Housing Finance
Should You Take Out a Second Mortgage?
A second mortgage is a loan, in addition to your primary mortgage, that uses your...
Money Audit
Mint Money Audit: Managing Money When You Make Enough
Anna’s email requesting help with her finances began with a unique confession.
“Farnoosh, my money problem garners little sympathy,” the 32-year-old wrote. “My issue is that I make too much of it.”
Now, THIS is interesting, I thought. I immediately followed up with many questions.
Here’s what I learned…
Mint Money Audit: Affording Life After Grad School
Mint Money Audit: Affording Life After Grad School
With a brand new PhD under her belt, our latest Mint audit recruit, Renee, is ready to take on the...
Money Audit: Should We Hold on to Our Rental Properties?
Money Audit: Should We Hold on to Our Rental Properties?
This week’s Mint audit helps out a couple, Pasquale, 46, and Jillian, 39, who are starting a new life together...
Student Finance
Should You Pay Off Student Debt with a Credit Card Balance Transfer?
This probably comes as a surprise to no one, but college debt is at an all-time high. A few scary stats: Per the Federal Reserve, 2019 outstanding student loan debt loomed at $1.5 trillion. And among adults in the U.S. who have debt, 93% were shouldering their own student debt,…
How to Have Fun Holidays as a Broke College Student
How to Have Fun Holidays as a Broke College Student
The holidays are an expensive time for everyone, but college students feel that more than most. When you’re living off...
How to Appeal Your Financial Aid for Next Year
How to Appeal Your Financial Aid for Next Year
[embedded content] Financial aid decisions are meant to be based largely on a family’s ability to pay for college. But...
How to Date on a Budget
How to Date on a Budget
When I first started seeing my future husband in college and we were dating on a budget, our dates defined...
How to Plan and Save on Holiday Travel
How to Plan and Save on Holiday Travel
Some of my fondest college memories aren’t from going to homecoming games, attending my first college party or walking around...
Student Loans: Which Repayment Plan is Right for You?
Student Loans: Which Repayment Plan is Right for You?
When I graduated from college *ahem* eons ago and it came time to pay off my federal student loans, I had...
What You Need to File with FAFSA
What You Need to File with FAFSA
Filling out the FAFSA is one of those tasks that’s easy to keep putting off. It’s boring, time-consuming and notoriously...
16 Ways to Pay for College Without Loans and Debt
16 Ways to Pay for College Without Loans and Debt
Whether you’re planning a career change or shopping for your high school graduation outfit, you’re likely facing some kind of...
I Dropped Out of College: My Student Loan Repayment Options
I Dropped Out of College: My Student Loan Repayment Options
No one intends to drop out of college. If you show up to campus for your freshman year, chances are...