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What Is a Soft Credit Inquiry?
Blog You probably understand that when you apply for a loan, the lender will check your credit report. You may also know that a credit inquiry could have an adverse effect on your credit score. However, did you know that there are two types of credit checks? One type is referred to as a “hard” credit inquiry and the other is a “soft” credit inquiry. A hard credit pull may adversely affect [...]
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Employment Resources
Blog Have you been impacted by lay-offs? Have you lost hours? Mariner Finance is here to provide some helpful resources for you! While many employers are cutting back on hours and staff, many other employers are hiring! To help you, Mariner has been [...]
Private: Top 10 Spring Break Destinations for Families
Blog Top 10 Spring Break Destinations for Families Spring break is one of the most exciting — and stress-inducing — times of the year. Your kids have a whole week off school, and you have to entertain them for nine straight days. [...]
What is debt-to-income ratio?
Blog Debt-to-income ratio (DTI) What is debt-to-income ratio and why is it important? These are all great questions and in this article we will do our best to answer them. Your debt-to-income ratio, also known as DTI, is a measure of how [...]
Top 10 Technologies that changed our lives in the 2010s
Blog “Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads.” Dr. Emmett Brown – Back to the Future Ok, so maybe we still need roads. Hollywood usually over-estimates how technology will be in the future. Back to the Future 2 came out in [...]
Top 10 Holiday Gifts for 2019
Blog Clark Griswold: [Revealing his Christmas “bonus”] It’s a one-year membership to the Jelly of the Month Club. Cousin Eddie: Clark, that’s the gift that keeps on giving the whole year. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) Looking for gift ideas for the [...]
Best Deals of the Season!
Blog Deals of the Season! Black Friday, November 29th, 2019, looks to be one of the best in recent years. Most sales run through the weekend, some already live online. We have compiled a list of some of the best deals, in [...]
Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday: Crowds or Clicks?
Blog Black Friday & Cyber Monday are two of the busiest shopping days in existence. They both represent the start of the holiday shopping seasons, big sales, great deals, and savings. But which of these days is the best day to shop? On [...]
Haunted Houses in Houston: Top 5 Screams Around Southeast Texas
Blog Searching for haunted houses in Houston? Well, Houston…we have a problem. There are many great haunted attractions in Southeast Texas, so narrowing down the best can be difficult. Texas has been known for screams ever since Leatherface and the rest of the [...]
Haunted Houses in Dallas: Top 5 Terrors Around Northern Texas
Blog Looking for haunted houses in Dallas and the surrounding area? That’s a scary task. Everything is bigger in Texas and the list of haunted attractions in Dallas is no different. Halloween is the second-largest commercial holiday in the United States [1] so now is [...]