Kara Nesvig Kara Nesvig grew up on a sugar beet farm in rural North Dakota and did her first professional interview with Steven Tyler at age 14. She has written for publications including Teen Vogue, Allure and Wit & Delight. She lives in an adorable 1920s house in St. Paul with her husband, their Cavalier … Read more
Kara Nesvig Kara Nesvig grew up on a sugar beet farm in rural North Dakota and did her first professional interview with Steven Tyler at age 14. She has written for publications including Teen Vogue, Allure and Wit & Delight. She lives in an adorable 1920s house in St. Paul with her husband, their Cavalier … Read more
Kara Nesvig Kara Nesvig grew up on a sugar beet farm in rural North Dakota and did her first professional interview with Steven Tyler at age 14. She has written for publications including Teen Vogue, Allure and Wit & Delight. She lives in an adorable 1920s house in St. Paul with her husband, their Cavalier … Read more
Lauren Wellbank Lauren Wellbank is a freelance writer with more than a decade of experience in the mortgage industry. Her writing has also appeared on HuffPost, Washington Post, Martha Stewart Living, and more. When she’s not writing she can be found spending time with her growing family in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania.
Kristen GaraffoContributor Kristen is a Washington, D.C.-based freelance writer and homebody. She specializes in home and lifestyle content, and loves helping others live their best lives at home and beyond. Romanticizing her life since 1987, you can probably find her sipping on iced coffee, crushing a Crossfit workout, designing her next dream space, or blasting … Read more
The current rental market is so hot that it makes me wish I had a rental property of my own to lease or list as an Airbnb. Then I think of the duties and responsibilities that come with being a landlord, and it’s a hard pass for me. As a homeowner, it’s irritating enough to … Read more
If the idea of being a real estate investor conjures up images of receiving a frantic phone call at 2 a.m. from a tenant about an overflowing toilet, think again. While owning a property — including your own home — is certainly part of real estate investing, it is not the only way. In fact, … Read more
We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. There’s been an understandable uptick in investing, thanks in part to the gamification of investing (ahem, enter the GameStop millionaires) and plenty of viral personal finance TikToks. According to Fortune, more than 67 percent of women are investing … Read more
At the beginning of 2020, I decided to make the lofty goal of paying off the rest of my student loans before I turned 26. The thought of having to pay both health insurance and student loans at the same time put me in an anxious budgeting tizzy. Plus, it would seriously reduce the amount … Read more
When I first started freelance writing a few years ago, I had one goal: Pay for an unlimited PureBarre membership. I figured if I commissioned a story or two each month, I could cover the pricey classes I couldn’t afford but desperately wanted on my entry-level salary. And anything extra, I could use to chip … Read more