How to Recession Proof Your Finances
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Financial Planing
Down Payments Explained (How Much Should You Pay?)
Preparing for a big-ticket purchase? Be sure to learn about down payments beforehand. It’s pretty...
How to Improve Your Credit Score to Get a Personal Loan
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Achieving Your Financial Milestones
To celebrate and recognize how our Minters are achieving their financial milestones, we reached out...
Should I Cash Out My 401k to Pay Off Debt?
Paying off debt may feel like a never-ending process. With so many potential solutions, you...
Housing Finance
The Mortgage Refinance Process
If a majority of your monthly mortgage payment goes toward interest rather than your principal...
Money Audit
Check-In: Expecting Couple Struggling with Debt, But Future Looks Bright
When I first connected with Julia and John, the Queens, NY couple was expecting their first child and grappling with some debt, a lack of savings and income prior to the baby’s arrival. The couple was basically living paycheck to paycheck and in need of some advice to break…
We Earn $200,000 and Can’t Save. Help!
We Earn $200,000 and Can’t Save. Help!
Mia, 35 and her husband Luke, 36, earn a combined $200,000 per year. But after paying their mortgage and rental...
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
What To Do The Summer Before College
For most incoming freshmen, the summer before college is a dead zone. Unless you’re playing a sport for your university, it’s unlikely that you would have any school-related obligations. It’s a time to sit back, celebrate the end of high school and dream about your first day on campus.
But…
Options for Teacher Student Loan Forgiveness
Options for Teacher Student Loan Forgiveness
Loan forgiveness is a trade-off. It’s about incentivizing graduates to work in low paying or otherwise undesirable positions in exchange...
The Best Financial Books for College Students
The Best Financial Books for College Students
When I decided to learn the ins and outs of personal finance as a college student, I devoured one book...
5 Ways to Save on Spring Break Travel
5 Ways to Save on Spring Break Travel
The trips you take in young adulthood tend to be the ones that stick with you forever. You’re old enough...
Student Loans Explained: WTFinance
Student Loans Explained: WTFinance
Truth is, there is a lot to be excited about when it comes to college: new friends, a new routine,...
What is Fedloan Servicing? (Guide to Fedloan Student Loans)
What is Fedloan Servicing? (Guide to Fedloan Student Loans)
There you are, sitting in your high school’s guidance office talking with your counselor about heading off to college after...
What to Do If Your Wages Are Being Garnished for Student Loans
What to Do If Your Wages Are Being Garnished for Student Loans
You’re doing the best you can with your money situation, but somehow, you’re still barely staying afloat. Besides staying on...
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...
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...