With hand-written tax codes and manic stock gyrations (hi, Facebook), money can feel weirder than ever. Several Portland experts weigh in with personal finance advice both radical and simple: master basics, know your values, live your life.

In This Feature:

Want to Figure Out Your Financial Life? Better Have a Vision.

Portlander Georgia Lee Hussey advises people to know their money story—and to buy the damn coffee.

04/24/2018 By Zach Dundas

Umpqua's CEO Breaks Down Some Banking Basics

First off: don't treat your bank like a glorified ATM. Also? Make friends.

04/24/2018 By Zach Dundas

Should You Invest in Real Estate?

Accept the pain and get the duplex. Just don't love it.

04/24/2018 By Zach Dundas

How to Embrace Budgeting (and Cats, and Glitter)

If that's what it takes.

04/24/2018 By Zach Dundas

Ready for Some Serious Life Planning? Get the Butcher Paper.

Know the piano is falling. Act while you can.

04/24/2018 By Zach Dundas