How to Include Some Guilt-Free Spending in Your Budget
With so many of us dealing with the coronavirus pandemic (plus the financial fallout from...
Financial Planing
How to Create Your First Financial Plan
Structure is the key to growth. Without a solid foundation – and a road map...
Getting Back to the Basics
If this past holiday season looked and felt a lot different than previous years –...
The Financial Planning Process in 6 Steps
What Is the Financial Planning Process? The financial planning process includes the general six steps...
The Future of Money: 6 Key Predictions
We all rely on money in our everyday lives. Currency is simply a system for...
Housing Finance
Should I Refinance My Mortgage? When to Refinance
The Federal Reserve recently lowered interest rates in an effort to stimulate the economy during...
Money Audit
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 retirement savings and a bit of family financial drama amongst her siblings.
Michelle was anticipating a cash bonus from her company and wasn’t sure if she should save the money…
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
5 of the Best Financial New Year’s Resolutions Students Can Make
New Year’s resolutions get a lot of flack, but only because most people don’t stick with them longer than a week or two. The start of the year is a perfect time to make changes, both from a symbolic and a practical perspective.
If you’re a college student, chances are…
How Your Discretionary Income Impacts Your Student Loans
How Your Discretionary Income Impacts Your Student Loans
Paying off student loans can be a challenge, especially when you factor in other recurring payments such as rent, electricity,...
How To Go Back To School As An Adult
How To Go Back To School As An Adult
From the Mint team: Mint may be compensated if you click on the links to our issuer partners’ offers that...
Why You Need to Open a UGMA/UTMA Account for Your Kids
Why You Need to Open a UGMA/UTMA Account for Your Kids
From the Mint team: As you know, Mint is a free product you can use to help stay on top...
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...
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...
Which Companies Offer Discounts for Students
Which Companies Offer Discounts for Students
For most college students, trying to save money is a way of life. Whether it’s pirating textbooks, dumpster diving for...
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...
Why You Might Want to Start Paying Your Student Loans in College
Why You Might Want to Start Paying Your Student Loans in College
When I was 26 years old, I paid off my student loans just three years after graduation. People congratulated me...