Tae and Monica Kim began their marriage with over $100,000 dollars in student debt. It’s an albatross around the necks of many young Americans: how to pay down debt, create savings, afford to start a family — childcare, food, clothing — and own a house? “We couldn’t...
Nathan and Marissa Moss were living the American dream in Cookeville, Tennessee — or so they thought. Four-bedroom home? Check. Steady paychecks? Check. Two young kids? Check. But one morning, before Marissa left for a 13-hour shift, she realized that she would miss...
My favorite saying in the finance world is “personal finance is personal.” We all come from different backgrounds with money, and no two people handle their finances the same way. Our lens from which we view money is created over time by our parents, our...
It’s no surprise that having a pet can mean transferring money from the “fun” category of your budget to “vet” and other categories you never had before. The costs of pet ownership are many — and they’re not cheap. But having a pet, as almost any pet owner will tell...
If 2020 seemed to drag on forever, 2021 was a lightning strike. It’s hard to believe we’re drawing to a close on another year, but time moves regardless of whether we want it to or not. This year was a wild one from the start for me, personally. I signed a...