Dan Rafter

Writer

• 20+ years in personal finance
• Real estate, housing market, and mortgage expert
• Bylines at Washington Post, Bankrate, LendingTree, The Motley Fool, and Investopedia

Experience

Dan Rafter is a personal finance writer and journalist with more than 20 years of experience. Before beginning his over two-decade career as editor at the Midwest Real Estate News, Rafter was a staff writer and editor at several Chicago community newspapers and trade publications. He is also a freelance writer, with bylines at Bankrate, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, LendingTree, Phoenix Magazine, The Motley Fool, The Mortgage Reports, Mental Floss Magazine, CreditCards, Investopedia, and Quicken Loans.

Rafter has also written comic scripts for Campfire Graphic Novels, Hamtramck Idea Men, Bluewater Productions, and MangaQuake.

Expertise

• Real estate
• Mortgages
• Credit cards
• Insurance
• Rewards programs
• Banking
• Student loans

Education

Rafter has a bachelor's in journalism from the University of Illinois.