How To Build Wealth: 7 Easy Steps To Get Started at Any Age
Save more, spend smarter, and make your money go further Did you know that the...
Financial Planing
Using the Gross Profit Formula | Calculation and Examples
Save more, spend smarter, and make your money go further This is the year —...
How to Get Back on Track With Your Financial Goals
Many people start off new financial goals with the turn of a new year, but...
What is a Sinking Fund?
A sinking fund is a sum of money set aside each month that is saved...
What to Do If You Can’t Cover Bills During Coronavirus
If the ever-evolving coronavirus situation has put a halt on your income or lowered it...
Housing Finance
What Is Earnest Money?
Earnest money is a deposit a potential homebuyer places to signal to the seller that...
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…
Side Hustle Ideas (55 Jobs to Start Earning Money)
Side Hustle Ideas (55 Jobs to Start Earning Money)
Whether you’re tired of living paycheck to paycheck, want to build up your retirement account, or are saving for something...
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 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 complicated – for students as well as parents.
But as many prospective college students have learned, ignoring it completely is bad news, and waiting too long to file is almost…
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...
How to Build Your Credit as a Student
How to Build Your Credit as a Student
When my husband and I were dating, the topic of merging our finances came up. It was shortly after we...
Who Is Eligible for Biden’s Plan to Expand Student-Loan Debt Forgiveness Access?
Who Is Eligible for Biden’s Plan to Expand Student-Loan Debt Forgiveness Access?
Save more, spend smarter, and make your money go further For years, federal loan forgiveness programs have been criticized for...
How to Get Student Loans Forgiven: Your Guide to Programs and Tips
How to Get Student Loans Forgiven: Your Guide to Programs and Tips
In this time of uncertainty, paying off your student loans may feel even more complicated than usual — student debt...
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...
How to Use a Student Credit Card Successfully
How to Use a Student Credit Card Successfully
Signing up for a student credit card probably sounds exciting. After all, for most students, it’s the first chance to...
Subsidized vs. Unsubsidized Student Loans: The Differences
Subsidized vs. Unsubsidized Student Loans: The Differences
If you’re starting to think about paying for college, chances are you’re considering your student loan options. With the average...
College Students: You May Be Eligible for Stimulus Money
College Students: You May Be Eligible for Stimulus Money
When the COVID-19 consumer stimulus package was first announced, many critics pointed out a seemingly massive flaw in the proposed...