I wanted to take a break today from talking about all of the doom and gloom around the COVID-19 pandemic and the struggling world economy. While that is important, I can really only take so much of it. Instead I want to focus on a topic that I have been writing about for a while […]
Continue ReadingI thought I would take this time of market uncertainty to discuss personal finance topics that pertain to how my family is treating the COVID-19 pandemic. First and most important … we are trying to stay healthy and safe. My kids won’t go back to school now for at least 2 months … likely through […]
Continue ReadingI am writing this as I sit at home following social distancing best practices as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully, when I look back a year or two from now … we all will be in a much better place. For the purposes of this blog (The Money Sprout), I will leave all […]
Continue ReadingThis is a post that I never thought I’d be writing … never in a million years. The world has suddenly changed in a matter of months, weeks, or even a few days for some of us. Why has the world changed (for those of you reading this a long time into the future)? The […]
Continue ReadingHaving good credit can have many huge benefits when it comes to your family’s personal finances. For example, both my wife and I have very good credit scores. This has helped us get the best available mortgage interest rates two different times when we have purchased our homes. We’ve also been able to easily secure […]
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