Personal Finance for Professionals

As a young professional, you probably face an interesting set of financial challenges. You now earnmaybe for the first timea good salary, but you also face substantial debts and obligations like rent, car payments, and student loan payments for the first time, too. On top of that, you know you should probably start putting money aside for retirement . . . plus, you've heard you should have a rainy day fund, in case something goes wrong at work...and one day you'll want to start a family, shouldn't you start preparing for that, too? Suddenly, that new salary doesn't seem so high anymore. Luckily, Susan Berson will help you sort through all these complex issues and find solid, long-term solutions that make best use of your money. Personal Finance for Professionals explains the basics of budgeting, living debt-free, dealing with student loan debt, how to use credit to your advantage, how to calculate how much rent or mortgage payment you can afford, the ins and outs of...