Paula Pant

  • Award-winning writer and speaker who covers money management and real estate
  • Founder and CEO of the popular personal finance site AffordAnything.com, a site that draws more than 100,000 readers every month
  • Makes frequent media appearances to discuss money management for American families, including publications, podcasts, and channels for Redbook, Kiplinger, U.S. News, Yahoo! Finance, Marketplace Money, Forbes, and more
  • Owner of Catalyst, a digital marketing firm tailored to financial services companies and specializing in online content creation, search optimization, and social media management.

Experience

Paula Pant is a former writer for The Balance covering budgeting and personal finance issues. She contributed to The Balance for more than five years.

Pant's writing has appeared in more than three dozen publications, including Bankrate and Huffington Post.

She served as deputy news editor and beat reporter for the Colorado Daily from 2005 through 2008.

She is also a real estate investor who owns several rental property units. 

Education

Pant graduated magna cum laude from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2005, earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and psychology. 

About The Balance and Dotdash

The Balance makes personal finance easy to understand. It is home to experts who provide clear, practical advice on managing your money. Whether you’re looking to invest, buy a home, save for retirement, or achieve another financial goal, The Balance will answer your questions with straightforward personal financial advice.

The Balance is part of the Dotdash publishing family. For more than 20 years, Dotdash brands have been helping people find answers, solve problems, and get inspired. We are one of the top-20 largest content publishers on the internet, according to comScore, and reach more than 30% of the U.S. population every month. Most recently, Dotdash was named Publisher of the year by Digiday, a leading industry publication.