Many factors are important to building wealth, but credit is one that people often overlook. And who can blame them? It’s a seemingly boring topic based on metrics most of us don’t know much about. What isn’t boring, however, is buying your first home. Or...
When Margie Billian’s father was passing in early 2013, she was not only distraught; she was also laden with a great deal of stress. “I did not know anything about his finances,” she says. “He would never, never share them with us. He told me his passwords...
In the U.S., the average household credit card debt is $15,263. Total national student loan debt is at $1.2 trillion. And, since 2008, more than 14 million homes have been foreclosed. It’s hard to deny a need for financial education. In recent years, we’ve...
Kristin Wong is a freelance writer and journalist who contributes…to Get Rich Slowly, Two Cents Lifehacker and Bankrate. She also manages her own frugal living site, Brokepedia.com.
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