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Selected articles and projects

A 29-year-old who created a viral budget spreadsheet explains how it helped her save $10,000 and feel less anxious about money

May 2021

5 money lessons a 63-year-old retiree worth $1 million taught her kids from an early age

May 2021

A woman who married into 6-figure debt shares the strategies she and her husband have used to pay off $50,000 so far

December 2020

Saving money might be hard, but it can kick off a lifetime of financial security and even long-term happiness

November 2020

Money can't buy happiness, but how we adjust 3 financial 'levers' can drastically affect how we feel

November 2020

A 35-year-old US Navy sailor who used military perks to 'house-hack' his way to passive income explains his strategy

October 2020

No one is immune to a financial disaster, but everyone can be smart about what comes next

July 2020

Real Money: A spending series

2018-2019 | Tanza commissioned and edited over a dozen stories in which contributors chronicled a week of their spending.

I visited the private terminal at LAX where rich people pay upwards of $4,500 to skip the lines and pull up to their planes in BMWs, and it made me feel like a billionaire

December 2018

Crazy-high rent, record-low homeownership, and overcrowding: California has a plan to solve the housing crisis, but not without a fight

March 2017