Amber Barkley is a writer and editor with over 10 years of experience in topics ranging from personal finance to marketing analytics to fiction. She found her niche in personal finance in 2022, when she joined GOBankingRates as an editor, providing p..

If you come into some extra funds, you might want to consider applying them to your mortgage. It’s a great way to pay down the principal or lower your monthly mortgage payment. Lowering your monthly mortgage payment is particularly helpful if you often ...