Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 17: Single, 40, laid Off, and looking for work in the Midwest $2,411 for the mortgage, $400 for groceries, $425 for health and dental insurance By Lindsey Stanberry and Melanie Ehrenkranz / 25 Nov 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 16: A Stay-at-Home Mom & a Medical Resident with 2 Kids Living on $77k a Year $975 for daycare, $1,289 for rent, $60 for hospital indemnity insurance By Lindsey Stanberry / 16 Nov 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 15: Married, 36, and living in a $3 million Brooklyn brownstone on a $837k joint income $12,000 for the mortgage, $7,000 in childcare expenses By Lindsey Stanberry / 19 Oct 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 14: Married, 45, and Living Outside of Boston on a $151,000 joint income Spending more on daycare than the mortgage. By Lindsey Stanberry / 16 Oct 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 13: Single, 35, and Living at Home in Phoenix on $93,000 a Year What would you spend money on if your parents still paid all your bills? By Lindsey Stanberry / 25 Sep 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 12: A Software Engineer and Stay-at-Home Dad Raising 3 Kids on $205k in the Bay Area They spend summers abroad because it’s cheaper than summer camp for 3 kids By Lindsey Stanberry / 21 Sep 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 11: Independent Insurance Adjusters Living Full-Time in Their RV on $9,100 a Month Storm chasing in Texas with a four-year-old and two big dogs! By Lindsey Stanberry / 17 Aug 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 10: A Tenured Professor Living Upstate on $94k a Year The childless cat lady edition By Lindsey Stanberry / 7 Aug 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 9: A 30-year-old living in Jersey City on $105k with $26k in credit card debt The finances of a "yes" friend are complicated. By Lindsey Stanberry / 20 Jul 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 8: 37-Year-Old Single Mom Living in Albany, NY, on $115,000 a Year $1,982 for the mortgage, $30 for trash pick-up, and $450,000 in student loans By Lindsey Stanberry / 3 Jul 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 7: FIRE family living in Kansas City, Mo., on $125k with a goal of saving $2.5 million And they just paid off their mortgage. By Lindsey Stanberry / 22 Jun 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 6: Childfree-by-choice newlyweds living in Chicago on $160,000 a year $2,053 for rent, $80 for coin-operated laundry, and more than $6,000 toward retirement By Lindsey Stanberry / 12 Jun 2024
