Focus Your Job Search on These Metro Markets
If you are stuck in a tough job market, then moving to where the jobs are is one of the best things you can do to improve your prospects. Here is the latest guide to the best and worst job markets….
Managing Money
Window Still Open to Buy or Refinance a Home
It’s still a good time to consider buying or refinancing a home if you missed the boat on low mortgage rates in recent years. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate remains near a low of about 3.6%, which it first reached…
Good Time to Buy a Home, But Should You Rent Instead?
This summer may be one of the last opportunities to buy a home at exceptionally low mortgage rates, but in what cases should you decide to remain a renter? The decision is not as easy as it seemed some years ago…
A New Window to Buy or Refinance a Home
Now is a good time to consider buying or refinancing a home if you missed the boat on low mortgage rates in recent years. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has fallen to less than 3.7% to start the year. That’s…
Budgeting for Love & Happiness
I set aside a small amount of cash each month to spend on Love and Happiness. Something I find spiritually gratifying. It could be tea, it could be a new journal, it could be a day-trip with friends. All these things…
Best & Worst Job Prospects Among Biggest Cities
If you’re looking for a job, look West and South—and overlook a few places along the way. San Jose, CA, and San Antonio, TX, top the list of cities with the best job growth. New Orleans, LA, and Richmond, VA are…
Pets and Post-College Life Lessons
My new cat’s medical condition has been a life lesson giving me a swift kick in the butt. I’ve been told countless times that your early twenties are about new beginnings. But what nobody told me was that new beginnings can…