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If you have a mortgage, your lender will require you to have some amount of hazard insurance — another term for homeowners insurance. Even if you own your home outright, you’ll probably still want this coverage to protect your ...
Repairing your car can get expensive — especially with today’s rising inflation.If you’re unable to cover a pricey bill, an auto repair loan — which is a type of personal loan — may be an option. Here’s how auto repair loans wo...
Credit card debt is easy to accumulate. Paying it down, though? That’s the challenging part — particularly once your balances reach the $5,000, $15,000, or even $30,000 point.Fortunately, you can use several credit card debt pa...
Fair credit scores are pretty common. Just over 9% of Americans had credit scores between 600 and 649 as of April 2021 — the heart of the fair credit range, according to credit-scoring model FICO. And nearly 20% had scores slig...
Debt settlement is when you negotiate with a creditor to pay off a debt for less than you owe. Private, for-profit companies typically offer this service, and it may be an option if you have high debts that you’re unable to pay...
Standard home insurance policies typically include some coverage for wind damage. But in many cases, you may want to purchase additional windstorm insurance for extra protection.Here’s what you need to know about windstorm insu...
Student loans aren’t just for tuition or textbooks. You can actually use them to cover other college-related costs, too — things like food, housing, and other general living expenses.While lenders don’t make specific student li...
Becoming a pharmacist can be a lucrative and rewarding career, but getting there is far from easy — or cheap.It typically takes four to six years to earn a doctorate of pharmacy degree, or PharmD. And the annual cost ranges fro...
Student loan debt is incredibly common. In fact, a whopping 43.4 million Americans have federal student loans to their name, amounting to a total debt of $1.6 billion, according to U.S. Department of Education data.Fortunately,...
In late 2021, the Biden administration announced the Public Service Loan Forgiveness limited waiver — a move to help make it easier for federal student loan borrowers to qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.I...