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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

As our family and household income grew, my husband and I made it a goal to put more money aside for emergencies, retirement, college, home improvements, etc. We ending up buying our current home in 2015, when local prices and interest rates were significantly lower. I was determined to buy a house that was less than we could afford.

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The Best And Worst States To Retire In 2023, Ranked

Savings Corner

according to the Council for Community and Economic Research , which is an advantage for retirees on a fixed income. Iowa lands near the middle of the pack tax-wise. 23 for property taxes and No. 22 for state and local sales tax. A Census Bureau report last year found that from 2015 to 2019, only about 6.2

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