Cheryl Zhao

Cheryl Zhao

Cheryl Zhao, a financial expert, has been a part of our team for five years. After earning her MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, she worked as a real estate broker before turning to blogging. Cheryl’s extensive knowledge of the housing market and trends, coupled with her passion for financial literacy, makes her blog posts an essential read for anyone considering becoming financially independent.

Personal finance things my grandma taught me

My grandmother was my first personal finance ‘guru’ and she’s been my real mother for almost 4 decades. Since she raised me (together with her husband, my grandpa, and her son, my father), she’s been very close to me and…

Blogging: Should you pay for comments?

The number of comments articles receive is one of the ‘metrics’ we use to see how successful a blog is. Sure, not all big blogs get many comments, but usually, if you’re doing it right and have a decent traffic,…

Are we complaining too much?

This month has been pretty rough money-wise, since we had some expenses that ‘happened’ all in the same month (car insurance, the 2 year car checkup, husband’s gas analyzer check etc.). I started October with a nice budget, which of…