If you’ve got student loans hanging over your head, you know just how hard it can be to pay them off—especially if you’ve got an interest rate higher than the Empire State Building slowing down your progress. But one way you can accelerate your debt payoff—and save yourself a ton…
One day you’re walking across a stage in a cap and gown to receive your hard-earned diploma. And the next you’re forking over a chunk of your new paycheck to student loans. While you can’t go back in time and tell your freshman self to avoid student loans (and to…
Whether you’re a die-hard Christmas fan or you just want to make it through another painstaking family dinner, the holiday season can have some stressful moments. Between trying not to bust the budget on Christmas shopping, listening to Uncle Bobby’s conspiracy theories again, and navigating everyone else’s holiday expectations, the…
The word budget can get a bad rap. People think budgets are hard, time-consuming and restricting. But listen: The budget life is so worth it. Budgeting doesn’t tell you not to spend. It gives you permission to spend the right way—to show your money who’s in charge. (You.) And with EveryDollar, it’s way easier. Ready…
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Buying or selling a house is probably the biggest financial transaction you’ll ever make—after all, there are hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake. That’s a lot of money! Because buying or selling a house is so expensive and complicated (hello, paperwork!), having a good real…
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Dealing with IRS penalties and incorrect tax assessments can be frustrating. This is especially true when you believe the charges are unfair or that they resulted from circumstances beyond your control. In these scenarios, Form 843 is the IRS mechanism for requesting relief from penalties, interest and certain tax overcharges. A…
Insurance Isn’t Like Fine Wine . . . A lot of people treat their insurance policy like a bottle of red that just gets better with age. Spoiler: Insurance doesn’t work like that. Never taking a second look at your insurance policy is a mistake that could cost you.…
One of the best ways to wreck your day . . . is to wreck your car! But scary (and expensive) as collisions can be, there’s more than one way to damage your car—heck, it can get damaged when you’re not even driving it! And when random car damage strikes,…
How long have you been budgeting? One month? One hundred months? So long you don’t remember? If you’re new to budgeting, hear this: It takes about three months to get into the swing of things and feel like this budgeting life is a real routine. But after that, what if…
Just like anything else in life, managing your money when you’re single has its pros and cons. Pros? No money fights (unless you fight the voice inside your head). Cons? A single income with less accountability. But no matter what your pros and cons list looks like, getting ahead with…
REPORT SUMMARY 88% of U.S. adults said high school did not leave them “fully-prepared” for how to handle money in the real world. 3 in 4 U.S. adults said in the years after high school, they “often” (32%) or “sometimes” (42%) felt stress because of money. 72% of U.S. adults…
It seems to be an unwritten rule in life that once you turn 18, you have to get a credit card—as if you magically become a mature adult the moment someone hands you a piece of plastic. (And let’s be real, most adults I know struggle with plastic.) Pay off debt fast…
The Sun Belt has caught a chill, as some of the nation’s hottest housing markets from a few years ago have cooled substantially. Take Nashville, Tennessee, for instance. In the first six months of 2022, its median listing price skyrocketed 24%, from $453,000 to $561,468. The peak came in July…
It’s the end of the month, and you’re out of money—again. It’s a hopeless feeling scrambling to see which bills you can pay late and scrounging around in the pantry for food until your next paycheck. If that’s you, hear this: You aren’t alone. In fact, 78% of Americans live…
These days, most people have heard enough horror stories about timeshares to know you should run for the hills whenever someone tries to sell you one. When it comes to vacation clubs and travel clubs, though, things are a little different. Those programs have started popping up a lot over…
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