How to Decide Which Bills to Pay First
One of the most important, and largest bill in most households, is the mortgage or rent payments. A mortgage is a secured debt and the...
household budget
The Best Tools for Managing Household Finances
Realistically, managing household finances can be challenging, especially when it requires coordinating multiple people's spending habits and staying on track to meet shared goals. The...
Living On Less
Thirty-eight-year-olds Al and Lesia Riddick of Fairfield Township, Ohio, have practiced disciplined money management since marrying in 2002. So, when their household income dropped from...
Make a Financial Commitment to Yourself
Our mission at Black Enterprise is Wealth for Life, providing our audience with the information and tools to maximize their finances from the beginning of...
How to Use Coupons for Big Savings
Do you see people in line at the supermarket handing over a stack of coupons and saving a ton of cash at the register? Does...
Overcoming Life’s Debt
With $158,000 in debt outside their mortgage, Kenric and Christina Brooks of Charlotte, North Carolina, feel they are in a constant state of struggle....
Blending Families and Finances
Adhering to sound money management principles requires substantial discipline for most individuals. So imagine the amount of patience and persistence it took to implement these...
A Savings Lesson Well Learned
One of the toughest lessons Emmanuel Twum learned his freshman year in college had nothing to do with his coursework in computer science and math....
Thrifty Family Living
One of the first big changes Terry made: “We used to get large tax refunds at tax time, but later I realized we were just...
Marriage and Money: Getting on the Same Page
Lateshia Woodley, 35, and Alex Kelly, 33, of Ellenwood, Georgia, have come a long way. The young couple started out as teen parents. But the...