Articles by Melanie Pinola

Melanie writes for MyBankTracker on taxes, retirement and financial literacy.

How to Raise Your Credit Score with a Single Phone Call Need to quickly improve your credit score? Call your credit card company. They can fix negative factors on your credit report and help you increase your score. If You Hate High Property Taxes, Don't Live in These Places Photo of Melanie Pinola Melanie Pinola If You Hate High Property Taxes, Don't Live in These Places Real estate taxes are the second biggest housing expense--after the mortgage--for... 7 Best Job Benefits You Should Be Using, But Probably Don't Photo of Melanie Pinola Melanie Pinola 7 Best Job Benefits You Should Be Using, But Probably Don't Your paycheck is only one part of the total compensation you get from your... 3 Things You Need to Know When You Buy Airlines Miles Airlines allow you to buy miles in their frequent flyer programs as a way to redeem an award flight when you don‘t quite have enough miles. Report: 49% of Millennials Don't Own a Credit Card. Why Are They Avoiding Them? Getting your first credit card is almost a rite of passage. Most of us own at least one credit card. So why do half of Millennials not have one? Report: 34.5% Americans Will Put Their Tax Refunds Towards Debt, Not Savings or Retirement Photo of Melanie Pinola Melanie Pinola Report: 34.5% Americans Will Put Their Tax Refunds Towards Debt, Not Savings or Retirement Tens of millions of people will be getting a tax refund this year. In 2015, the IRS...