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Cost of Living Calculator | City and Salary Comparison Tool

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“Cost of living” is the amount of money you need to sustain a certain lifestyle in a given place. The expenses that factor into cost of living can include housing affordability, transportation expenses, food prices and entertainment costs. According to the BLS, transportation is the second-largest expense consumers have.

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Rent vs Buy Calculator: Should I Rent or Buy?

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Buy Calculator considers one-time costs — closing costs and the down payment — and ongoing expenses, like property taxes, an HOA fee, home insurance, and private mortgage insurance, or PMI, which you pay if your down payment is less than 20% on a conventional mortgage. Location counts. Is renting always cheaper?

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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Do you feel like you have more month than money? Do you look at your bank account and wonder, “where did all the money go?” Many years ago, our cash flow sucked, we put Christmas on a credit card, and I wasn’t sure how I was going to pay for a large tax bill. ” We’ve been there too.

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