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Kiah Treece is a former attorney, small business owner and personal finance coach with extensive experience in real estate and financing. Her focus is on demystifying debt to help consumers and ...

These credit score myths can sabotage your finances. Here's what to believe (and what to ignore) if you want to build better credit.

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Kelly-Ann Franklin has spent more than two decades in journalism which has helped her build a wide knowledge base of business and personal finance topics. Her goal with editing is to ensure tough ...

It’s funny how certain memories stick with you — like the time my grandmother Big Mama cussed out a customer representative calling about her auto loan. The lender was trying to say my grandmother had ...