Florida Prepaid, Show me the Money!
Michelle Balaun2019-08-02T11:06:26-04:00What Does It Pay For? Many of us who have lived in Florida, planned for our students’ education by taking advantage of the Florida Prepaid program. The [...]
Budget 101
Michelle Balaun2019-08-16T17:46:24-04:00Asking for Money? I can vividly remember being in college and having to make the dreaded call home to my father to ask for money. My parents had three d [...]
Interning in New York City, Take a Bite of the Big Apple!
Michelle Balaun2019-08-02T11:04:34-04:00Who doesn’t want to live in New York City? I love New York! Ok, I am a little partial. I am a born and bred New Yorker, living in S. Florida for 25 plus [...]
Types of Student Loans and Your Options
Michelle Balaun2019-08-02T11:34:47-04:00What are your options? When I attended school back in 1979, my Dad had four of us in college at the same time. It was through student loans that my pare [...]
Eating Healthy when you are a student
Michelle Balaun2019-07-01T19:29:50-04:00OK to be Eating...Healthy! As with other college campuses, the amount of burger, pizza, and fast food restaurants at UF and the surrounding campus is a [...]
The ABC’s of 529 Savings Plans UF
Michelle Balaun2019-08-02T10:40:07-04:00What 529 Pays When you decide to have kids, your first thought is not how am I going to pay for college, but it might be your second. I made a decision [...]
Credit Cards for College Students
Michelle Balaun2019-08-02T10:56:22-04:00What Every Student Should Know Recently I told my daughter to go pay something with a check. She responded by asking me if she had those somewhere. She [...]
Eating on a Budget
Michelle Balaun2019-07-29T10:55:38-04:00Budget Eating, Is Possible Getting your college kid to be eating and budgeting is a challenge. I have experimented with various approaches to teaching m [...]
Teaching Them to Budget for Life
Michelle Balaun2019-08-02T11:30:20-04:00My Best Budget Advice as a Parent Three times the charm. Well, I suppose that isn’t fair; all three of my kids are charming and adorable. The difference [...]
Pets in School
Michelle Balaun2019-08-02T10:42:44-04:00Take Your Dog (Or Cat) to College We have a cat who my daughter misses dearly. Her roommate has a dog that lives with them in a house but for those who [...]
Being Thrifty
Michelle Balaun2019-08-02T10:55:00-04:00When You Need to Stay on Budget, Be Thrifty! Being a college student, it can be stressful to be thrifty and stay on budget throughout the semester. Ther [...]