How to Budget for a Baby with These 10 Tips
Babies change everything, from your sleep cycle to your views on life. Unfortunately, your little...
Financial Planing
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...
Here’s Why a Rainy Day Fund Should Be in Your Forecast
Life is unpredictable. Some days aren’t all sunshine, like when your car breaks down or...
Long-Term Financial Goals: How To Plan Your Financial Future at Any Age
Long-term financial goals take five or more years to accomplish and generally apply to major...
18 Passive Income Ideas for 2020: Which Is Right for You?
There are many different income streams to choose from, especially when it comes to earning...
Housing Finance
Mortgage Forbearance: Understanding the Basics
When your budget is tight due to a financial setback, figuring out how to handle...
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…
Managing Money With Your Partner When You Earn More
Managing Money With Your Partner When You Earn More
Four years ago this month, I published When She Makes More, a guide for higher-earning married women who want to...
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
Where to Find Free Financial Resources in College
It may sound counterintuitive, but managing your money gets easier the more you have. When you cross a certain income threshold, you can afford to pay a wealth management company to sweat the details. All you have to do is sit back and watch your money multiply.
For a broke…
Student Loan Calculator
Student Loan Calculator
For many Americans, student loans can be one of the most frustrating parts of your personal finances. And paying them...
How To Leverage Student Credit Cards As A Financial Opportunity
How To Leverage Student Credit Cards As A Financial Opportunity
From the Mint team: Mint may be compensated if you click on the links to our issuer partners’ offers that...
What To Do The Summer Before College
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,...
How to Deal When You Have a Money Discrepancy With Your Friends
How to Deal When You Have a Money Discrepancy With Your Friends
For a significant chunk of my time in college, I thought of myself as the poor one in my friend’s...
The Best 8 Scholarship Sites to Find Your Money Match
The Best 8 Scholarship Sites to Find Your Money Match
College is expensive – and the cost is only increasing. For most of us, that means we need to find...
Student Loan Assistance Programs: What You Need to Know
Student Loan Assistance Programs: What You Need to Know
When I graduated from college, I was one of the “lucky ones” with a lower-than-average student debt load. While I...
Are All the Food Delivery and Subscription Services Worth It?
Are All the Food Delivery and Subscription Services Worth It?
We’re living in an age of convenience. Groceries can be delivered, clothes can be picked out for you and just...
Paying For College: How to Compare Private Student Loan Lenders
Paying For College: How to Compare Private Student Loan Lenders
The federal student loan process is designed to be easy. There’s no need to shop around, compare terms or apply...