Today’s college graduates expect to receive a starting salary at their first job that’s nearly double the actual average entry-level salary — and these unrealistic expectations extend to everything from their mid-career prospects to the financial value of their degree. Those are some of the takeaways from a recent survey conducted by […]

Buying an existing home can be a complicated and expensive affair. Buyers can try to reduce their transaction costs by using a discount real estate broker, or simplify the process by using an agent-matching service like UpNest, but there are no guarantees. Even going with a huge company like Redfin, or taking advantage of seemingly […]

Selling a home is one of the most lucrative financial transactions in the average person’s life. What many home sellers don’t realize, especially first-time home sellers, is that it can also be pretty expensive. Home sellers pay out an average of over $15,000 in the course of selling their home. There are […]