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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
Nov 16
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 16: A Stay-at-Home Mom & a Medical Resident with 2 Kids Living on $77k a Year
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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
Oct 19
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 15: Married, 36, and Living in a $3-Million Brooklyn Brownstone on a $837k Joint Income
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Home Economics No. 14: Married, 45, and Living Outside of Boston on a $151,000 joint income.
Spending more on daycare than the mortgage.
Oct 16
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 14: Married, 45, and Living Outside of Boston on a $151,000 joint income.
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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?
Sep 25
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 13: Single, 35, and Living at Home in Phoenix on $93,000 a Year
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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
Sep 21
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 12: A Software Engineer and Stay-at-Home Dad Raising 3 Kids on $205k in the Bay Area
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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!
Aug 17
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 11: Independent Insurance Adjusters Living Full-Time in Their RV on $9,100 a Month
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Home Economics No. 10: A Tenured Professor Living Upstate on $94k a Year
The childless cat lady edition
Aug 7
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 10: A Tenured Professor Living Upstate on $94k a Year
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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.
Jul 20
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 9: A 30-year-old living in Jersey City on $105k with $26k in credit card debt
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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
Jul 3
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 8: 37-Year-Old Single Mom Living in Albany, NY, on $115,000 a Year
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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.
Jun 22
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 7: FIRE family living in Kansas City, Mo., on $125k with a goal of saving $2.5 million
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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
Jun 12
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Home Economics No. 6: Childfree-by-Choice Newlyweds Living in Chicago on $160,000 a Year
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Home Economics No. 5: Living in the New Jersey Suburbs on a $800K Joint Income
$4,400 for the mortgage, $5,200 for the nanny, and $250 for self-care.
May 15
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 5: Living in the New Jersey Suburbs on a $800K Joint Income
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