A fat cushion of cash in the bank can certainly help you sleep easier at night but we all know that stashing money away is easier said than done. A 2016 survey from CareerBuilder[1] revealed that 75% of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck. If saving more is one of your goals but you haven’t been able to

“There’s an app for that!” Chances are, you’ve heard that phrase a few thousand times. After all, apps are our go-to problem-solvers these days. Whether you want to know when to take a bathroom break during a movie or forgot where you parked your car and want someone with pirate’s voice to tell you where

I moved to San Francisco four years ago, and I’m fairly certain I won’t last another two. Not only are there few places to put roots down, but the Bay Area is hell bent on setting world records for the cost of living. I’ll save you the stats and figures, but residents and natives alike

Talking with family members about money may seem like a sure way to invite trouble. Done right, the boardroom approach to managing family money can save frustration and heartache down the road. This approach takes the weight off the shoulders of a single person, and eliminates the stressful and often destructive panic that sets in

It’s not rocket science to know that having money saved for a rainy day is smart. We love to encourage people to build an emergency savings fund to prepare for the unexpected. As The Atlantic recently featured, the reality for many people is that saving hundreds or thousands of dollars is a struggle. Expensive calamities

As a millennial, I am often lectured to about the importance of saving for retirement strategies. I’m often told horror stories about people heading into retirement with little or no savings, who subsist on canned cat food and dry beans. It sounds like Chicken Little, yelling, “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” But, these

Hi, I’m Geoff Whitmore from NoobTraveler.com, and I want to share with you how a normal guy like me has been able to travel the world in style with the help of miles and points. More specifically, I’m going to share how I’ve used transferable points, such as Chase’s Ultimate Rewards® points earned from Chase

If dealing with the IRS makes you nervous, you are definitely not alone. They have so much power over our financial lives. The IRS is even scarier when you realize that you owe them money. A coworker of mine found out that he owed about $3,000 to the IRS. He didn’t have enough money to

It’s no secret that people are living longer and longer. So far, the oldest person on record was Jeanne Calment, a spunky Frenchwoman who lived to the ripe old age of 122. While most people aren’t expected to live quite that long, the average millennial man and woman has a 3.4% and a 7.5% chance,

I try hard to save money on flights and hotels by redeeming the miles and points I earn with my travel credit cards. But sometimes, the only option is to pay cash: either “saver-level” flight award space isn’t available, chain hotels where I have points are sold out, or the available award space simply doesn’t