About Mike Brown
Current Role
Personal finance writer
Expertise
- Precious Metals
- Student Loans
- Debt
- Mortgages
Degrees
- Bachelor's degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware
Personal Finance Experience
Mike’s work provides consumers with a personal finance measuring stick to make informed financial decisions.
Latest from Mike Brown
Is It Airbnb or Hotels for Millennials?
Lacking legitimate competition, the hotel industry has gone unrivaled for decades. Revolutionizing the business would be like reinventing the wheel; the hotel is...
Best Mobile Payment Apps – Survey & Report
Can you Venmo me later? Over the last few years mobile payments have surged in...
Music & Millennials
Although vinyl records are making a comeback amongst trendy millennials and nostalgic baby boomers, their days of mainstream popularity are long over. To...
U.S. Cities With the Highest and Lowest Student Debt Balances
Ever increasingly, college students are mired by student debt long after receiving their diplomas. For...
Netflix & Millennials: Viewers, Not Subscribers
Starting as a DVD sales and rental company in 1997 and then introducing their streaming...
Bumble for Dating? Tinder for Hookups? Now We Know Where to Swipe.
Our blog post found that most Tinder users are not looking for relationships. We found that...
Millennials: Instagram the Most Narcissistic Social Media Platform
With just a few filters, a little saturation, and a clever caption, social media can...
Is Tinder a Match for Millennials?
There used to be a time when online dating was stigmatized as a last ditch effort from lonely, socially awkward people seeking romance,...
More than Half of Millennials Prioritize Snapchat Over Other Social Media Platforms
Which social media notification do you check first? We found that millennials are checking Snapchat before...
Student Loan Cosigner Survey & Report
What are the financial impacts a student loan cosigner faces? To answer that, LendEDU surveyed parents who have a cosigned a student loan...