Moving into Your First House: Tips to Prepare for the Big Day Moving into your first house is an exciting and challenging milestone. You finally have a place to call your own, but you also have to deal with the responsibilities and costs of homeownership. To make your transition as smooth and stress-free as possible, […]
How to Calculate How Much House You Can Afford If you are thinking about buying a house, one of the first questions that you need to answer is how much house you can afford. This is not a simple question, because there are many factors that affect your budget and your borrowing ability. However, in […]
Household Budget Template & Free Tools [Step-by-Step Home Budgeting Tutorial] Save more, spend smarter, and make your money go further Need a budgeting template that can help you plan your household expenses? We have you covered! In this post, we’ll show you how to create your household budget using the budget template below, so you […]
Ways to Lower Your Cost of Living Cost-of-living expenses are the must-haves: the recurring monthly costs that command a big percentage of your overall budget, such as housing, food, transportation, and utilities. And sometimes those expenses can be so overwhelming that you consider moving somewhere cheaper. But before you do, take a good, hard look […]
How to Set a Financial Goal with Mint We all have goals we want to achieve, but it’s easy to postpone working toward them while waiting for the “right moment” to get started. Sound familiar? The truth is, you don’t have to wait for the New Year, the beginning of the month, or your birthday […]
Do’s and Don’ts of Grocery Shopping in Bulk Everybody likes to save money anywhere possible. Grocery shopping is of particular interest to many money savers because food and grocery purchases are one of the highest monthly expenses for most people. There are many ways to save money on your overall food purchases, including eating out […]
How To Live For The Weekend Without Breaking The Bank It’s a common cycle: you work hard all week, soaking up stress and trying to power through. Then when the weekend comes, you blow off steam at your favorite bars and restaurants. After spending all your hard-earned money, you wake up on Monday to start […]
9 Ways to Save on Your Grocery Bill If you’re trying to free up room in your budget, it never hurts to start by addressing unnecessary expenses. That could mean cutting out subscription services you never use, renegotiating your bills or refinancing debt to a lower interest rate. But once you’ve tackled the easy stuff, […]
Best Money Advice for Stay At Home Parents Families with only one income earner have a distinct set of challenges than those in families with two incomes. That isn’t to say that one is necessarily better or easier than the other instead, it’s more instructive to see them as two different scenarios. What works for […]
Achieving Your Financial Milestones To celebrate and recognize how our Minters are achieving their financial milestones, we reached out to everyday Mint users like you, to share their stories. Whether it’s acing your savings goals, or paying off your credit card debt, every win counts! We connected with Zaiba, a financial analyst from Canada to […]