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.

Money doesn’t bring happiness .. or does it?

Whoever it was that coined the phrase “money can’t buy happiness” either lived looking through rose-colored glasses or didn’t live his life to the fullest. The fact of the matter is, whatever has been presented to us, whether in the…

The Biggest Loser

I pride myself with quite some good taste when it comes to movies and shows and still, there’s one more “mainstream’ that’s really got me interested. The show started in 2004 and still runs today, as you may already know.…

Why might SOPA pass? How can I stop it?

SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act, is a bill before the United States House Judiciary Committee that would end the Internet as we know it. It would crush innovation by setting up a “blacklist” of sites that would be…

How a housewife can save money

We are all too familiar with the saying, ‘A penny saved is a penny earned!’. Hence, saving is a way of generating wealth. For most housewives this seems a very challenging and demanding task. It need not be so; just…

How to best manage your emails

I HATE EMAILS! Now, I said it. Years ago I’d be thrilled to get ‘noticed’ and someone to send me a message. Then times changed. Now I receive spam, unwanted ‘funny’ stuff from friends that don’t understand that some people…