SF News SoFi Headed To Court Again Over Yet Another Sexual Harassment Lawsuit SoFi is looking down the barrel of another lawsuit, the third to be filed against the company within the last few months. Like the other two, this lawsuit alleges that SoFi's notorious "frathouse"
Arts & Entertainment Excited For Black Friday? Not So Fast Via John Henderson. Black Friday and Cyber Monday mean big discounts, but do you really think about how much money you're still spending? Holiday gift giving is a fun tradition, sure, but so
Arts & Entertainment Paying Median Rent? That's More Than A Mortgage On These 5 Homes Here are the numbers behind the numbers: ■ Median rent for a 2BR in San Francisco is $4,400. ■ That covers monthly mortgage payments (principal and interest) on a home that costs $1,066,
Arts & Entertainment Why Now's The Time To Buy A Home In Oakland Image via Darin Marshall. There's a lot to love about San Francisco, but it’s not perfect. This is especially true on the housing front, where insane rent and astronomical home prices can
Arts & Entertainment 5 Reasons Why Renters Are The Happiest People On Earth (Or Not) Photo by Todd Quackenbush. 1. LANDLORDS. There are few people in your life who will be a better friend than a landlord. They're always there when you need them, they solve your problems
Arts & Entertainment If Actual Rent Prices Were Motivational Posters We don't bank, watch TV or order food like our parents, so why buy a house like they did? SoFi is a lender taking that concept to heart with its awesomely fast and
Arts & Entertainment Yes, You Can Be Free Of Student Loan Debt In Your 30s You've done everything right: you graduated from college, you got a great job, you pay bills on time, you might even have a 401k. But that nagging feeling you can't shake? Yeah, it's
Arts & Entertainment SF Home Buying For Regular People, Week 4: It's Okay If You Already Have Debt Three weeks ago: Saving for 10 percent down, not 20. Two weeks ago: Putting paperwork out to pasture. One week ago: Competing when your salary is... fine. This week: Not letting debt get
Arts & Entertainment SF Home Buying For Regular People, Week 3: You Don't Have To Have $1 Million In Cash Two weeks ago: Saving for 10 percent down, not 20. One week ago: Putting paperwork out to pasture. This week: How to compete in a hot real estate market. GRIPE #3: You can't
Arts & Entertainment SF Home Buying For Regular People, Week 2: Navigating The Mortgage Hellscape Last week: down payments get the axe. This week: paperwork is stupid. GRIPE #2: Buying a house is top-5 on the list of Life's Little Nightmares. THE TRUTH: No one in 2015 should
Arts & Entertainment SF Home Buying For Regular People, Week 1: You Don't Have To Have 20% Down FALLACY #1: You'll be kind of old by the time you save enough to buy a house. THE TRUTH: Reduce your down payment and you're already over the biggest home-buying hurdle. If you
Arts & Entertainment Game of Loans: Your Secret Weapon in a Competitive Real Estate Market This post is brought to you by SoFi. With the spring home buying season well underway, San Francisco’s already-competitive real estate market is even more cutthroat than usual. If you want to
Arts & Entertainment How To Be The Champion Of Spring Home Buying Season This post is brought to you by SoFi. Spring is officially here, and with it a daily deluge of exciting new listings on your favorite real estate app. You’re facing a hot
Arts & Entertainment Demystifying 3 Myths That Are Keeping You From Buying a Home This post is brought to you by SoFi. With the rents in San Francisco reaching astronomical heights, you’ve probably spent more time than you’d like to admit stalking real estate sites
Arts & Entertainment How To Make Your Own Student Loan Luck This post is brought to you by SoFi. With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, a lot of people have luck on the brain. Well, luck and green beer, of course.
Arts & Entertainment 3 Signs It's Time To Break Up With Your Student Loan Interest Rate You’ve been in a committed relationship with your student loan interest rate since you graduated, but lately you’ve started to notice that something has changed. The magic you felt when you
Arts & Entertainment How To Lose Student Loan Weight In 2015 This post is brought to you by SoFi. It all started when you were an undergrad—a Direct Loan here, a private loan there. It was all well and good back then, when