Author: Samantha Hart

You’re trapped by debt. You want to quit your suffocating job. You feel stuck. Or not? Maybe you love your job. You’re debt-free. And you’re […]

Imagine that you bought a $100 ticket to a ski resort in Michigan. A few days later, you find a $50 deal for a ski […]

Most people treat their savings like a parking lot — slide it in, lock the doors, come back later. Meanwhile, inflation quietly erodes 3–4% of […]

Here’s the conclusion first: most first-time real estate investors don’t fail because of a bad market or one difficult tenant. They fail because their pre-purchase […]

What would your finances look like if you’d made them 1% better — in just one specific way — every year for the last decade? […]

Are you contributing enough to your 401(k) to capture the full employer match? Have you searched your state’s unclaimed property database in the past three […]

Here’s the truth about houses: Unless you’re a landlord, your house will probably be the lousiest investment you ever make. The myth about home ownership […]

There are two paths to business ownership. One path — creating a new company — has a 10 percent success rate. The other? When entrepreneurs […]

Money management can get really complicated — if you let it. People ask me all kinds of nuanced, nitty-gritty questions: My advice: Don’t sweat the […]

Let’s see a show of hands: how many of you actually make a budget? (Silence. Crickets chirping.) Yeah, I thought so. One of the most […]