Why Is Your Credit Score Important?
Having a credit score is an important factor in a financially stable life. Even if you are young, knowing the why’s and how’s of credit scores can set you up one a good path. Eric Nelson is a principal broker and finance expert who specializes…
How to Stick to Your Savings Goals
Saving money can be a difficult subject. It can be stressful to think about all of the different things in your life that you have to save money for. Sacrificing in the short term never feels good in the moment, but saving for your future…
How to Make Your First Budget
Getting good with money is a challenge for many of us. Creating and sticking to a budget can be somewhat of a mystery, especially if you have never made a budget before. However, making a budget – no matter how much you earn – can…
Mental Health Tips For Winter
Wintertime can be stressful for many people. Shorter days can bring a decline in mental health and cause people to withdraw socially. Some people even experience seasonal affective disorder, also called ‘winter depression’. Not to mention that the holidays can be stressful by themselves. Eric…
America’s Affordable Housing Problem
In order for housing to be considered ‘affordable’, it should take up 30% or less of a household’s total income. An increasingly disturbing amount of Americans have no choice but to pay more than that in housing expenses. Many people have to spend more than…
How Mental Health Effects Your Finances
Mental health has been at the forefront of public discussions in the past few years. One thing that isn’t talked about as much is how mental health problems can have a negative effect on someone’s finances. Eric Nelson, finance expert and mental health advocate, shares…
What does the NAACP do?
NAACP stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was founded 112 years ago on February 12, 1909 in the United States. Founders include W.E.B Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, and many more. As a civil rights organization, their goal is…
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