Chapter 5: How to Create a Budget in Mint
There are various ways you can go about creating a budget, but one of the...
Financial Planing
How to Prepare for a Recession: 8 Tips You Can Start Now
A recession can impact your everyday life and budget, but there are things you can...
4 Steps to Build Wealth and Increase Your Net Worth
Save more, spend smarter, and make your money go further Your net worth is defined...
Calculating Your Smart Home Investment
With all of today’s home-based tech gadgets and virtual personal assistants, smart homes are quickly...
How to Protect Your Finances During Challenging Times
With the economic uncertainty due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), you’ll want to get a grip on...
Housing Finance
How Much Does It Cost to Refinance?
For millions of American homeowners, their mortgage payment is one of their greatest financial commitments....
Money Audit
9 Affordable Ways To Take Care Of Your Mental Health
They say that nothing is more important than your mental health – but tell that to an empty bank account.
It’s easy to spout platitudes about getting the help you need, but everyone has a financial reality to deal with. Your mental health is unlikely to improve If you can’t…
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...
Mint Money Audit 6-Month Check-In: How Did Michelle Allocate Her Windfall?
Mint Money Audit 6-Month Check-In: How Did Michelle Allocate Her Windfall?
In March I offered some financial advice to Michelle, a Mint user who was struggling with debt, a lack of...
Student Finance
Student Loans Explained: WTFinance
Truth is, there is a lot to be excited about when it comes to college: new friends, a new routine, (college parties!), and more independence. But along with all these perks, it’s also time to start thinking about your finances.
Whether you’re reaching your final year of high school or…
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 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...
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...
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...
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 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...
4 Ways to Find the Best Spring Break Deals
4 Ways to Find the Best Spring Break Deals
For a college student trying to live frugally, there’s nothing quite as dangerous as an epic spring break trip. When...
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...