There's nothing wrong with having a 9-to-5 job, but figure out a way to have another stream of income.

If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on them.

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.

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.

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.

Money may not buy love, but fighting about it will bankrupt your relationship.

[My grandmother] managed her money better than some financial professionals I know. I give credit always to her because she is the reason I have my column and national recognition.