The Porch

Everyone remembers to budget for the big stuff – the food, the venue, the flowers, the dress – but in the giant cloud of excitement...

Buyer’s remorse is seriously the worst. That 80-inch television was just so dazzlingly clear, magical even, hanging on the Best Buy wall....

Your monthly mortgage payment – sometimes it feels like you will be paying it for the rest of your life. For most people, it is the largest...

Winter has settled in for the season, and for some of us, the chill penetrates deep. Gray days and subzero temps keep us trapped indoors,...

Mortgage acronyms got you down? No worries, future homebuyer. Ruoff is here to help – because, seriously, there are so. many. acronyms.

Planning for retirement doesn’t exactly top the list when you’re young and still figuring out what you want to be when you grow up. It can...

While traversing icy roads and trekking through snow banks might not be the most appealing way to find a new home, it could be the...

There are a multitude of steps to climb on your way to the finalized purchase of a home, and the home inspection is one of the most...

Marriage is hard enough with the mundane stressors of everyday life, but when you throw money into the equation, it can sometimes reach a...

The ever-popular side hustle. The obligatory free-time eater of millennials and stay-at-home-moms everywhere (and anyone else looking to...