Category: Home
If you’ve ever taken out a short-term loan, adjustable mortgage, private student loans, or owed money on a credit card, you’ve been impacted by the “prime rate”. If you …
The Big Home American Dream One of the biggest financial mistakes that I see time after time from friends, co-workers, and family is buying a big house. Human beings …
This article has been updated for the 2022 and 2023 tax years. A down payment on a home mortgage is serious business. The term “mortgage” originated in France with …
One of the relatively newer insurance products to hit the market is “mortgage life insurance”. If you’ve bought a home in the past few years, you’ve probably been offered …
Recently I laid out a story that hit close to home on why you need home insurance, despite it seeming like a waste due to the limited nature of …
Just another sunny, 75-degree early evening in March in Michigan… OK, that’s not so normal… Clouds started to roll in quickly. The skies started to turn grey. Then thunder. …
When you go to buy your first home, the topic of private mortgage insurance (aka PMI, or lender’s mortgage insurance) will assuredly come up. It’s a dirty little three-letter …
This is the second in a series of posts that aim to dispel or reinforce common personal finance cliches. The first looked at the commonly used phrase, “A penny …
