Quote

A foreclosure does not define you financially.

Michelle Singletary

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Michelle Singletary
Age: 55
Columnist
Financial Planner
Journalist
Writer
Foreclosure
Financially
Define
Doe

More quotes by Michelle Singletary

Image
You still need to save but being debt-free in retirement is and should be a goal.
Michelle Singletary
Image
Money may not buy love, but fighting about it will bankrupt your relationship.
Michelle Singletary
Image
Save what you can toward the emergency and life happens fund. But don't worry yourself sick at the slow growth. The point is it's growing even it's just one dollar at at time.
Michelle Singletary
Image
The rich are depressed because they realize their money can't buy them out of their issues.
Michelle Singletary
Image
You are rich if you have enough to meet your most basic needs. You are rich if you have access to clean water, food, shelter, love, a roof over your head.You have to count your blessings to see that you are richer than you think.
Michelle Singletary
Image
We know intellectually that money can't buy happiness yet we spend and go into debt as if it does.
Michelle Singletary
Image
That's is life. You move and change according to things that happen to you and things that you make happen because of poor choices.
Michelle Singletary
Image
If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on them.
Michelle Singletary
Image
If we aren't careful, our children will come down with 'affluenza,' a disease that causes them to confuse wants and needs. We need to teach our children what my grandmother taught me: Think twice about spending money you don't have on things you don't need to impress people you don't like anyway.
Michelle Singletary
Image
My rule is when in doubt hire a professional. You could do it just this year and then you have direction to resume doing it yourself after the consultation. What you don't want is to do it wrong and be hit by a huge tax bill. Remember the old saying, Don't be pennywise and pound foolish.
Michelle Singletary
Image
Once you finish paying for college you could reduce your life insurance.
Michelle Singletary
Image
Having a separate fund for the things in life that happen, helps keep the emergency fund in tact in case you lose your job or income.
Michelle Singletary
Image
Remember life insurance is intended as income replacement to help dependents and or/spouse pay for things that your income would have covered. When you get to the point that you're dependents (Your kids mostly) aren't dependent on your income, you could reduce the amount of life insurance you are carrying.
Michelle Singletary
Image
It's why this election was HORRIBLE. It was either Hilary is the devil and Trump a saint. Or Trump the devil and Hilary a saint. Can't we all have a decent, civil conversation without throwing shade?
Michelle Singletary
Image
Not all Trump supporters are bigots. They believe he had something to offer. I may disagree. You may disagree but we need to be civil to each other. Use the facts to make your point. I had read that the clothes made by some of the brands use sweatshops. Facts folks not feelings. We all have to live with each other and our choices.
Michelle Singletary
Image
My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a black mother, wife, churchgoer, etc. I am the legacy of slavery.
Michelle Singletary
Image
Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be a teacher, teach. But knowing that your salary may only reach a certain level, do all that you can to become the best money manager you can be.
Michelle Singletary
Image
I love teaching people how to handle their money and I've built a brand on that skill.
Michelle Singletary
Image
If you'll have enough saved and nobody has to take on debt and you want to retire, shoot go for it.
Michelle Singletary
Image
I think you can save and spend to live for however long you live. You just have to be flexible if things don't go as plan.
Michelle Singletary