Amy E. Buttell is a frequent contributor to Bankrate.com, Interest.com and Better Investing Magazine. In years of covering real estate, Buttell has written about the subprime mortgage crisis, adjustable-rate mortgages and the role of credit scoring in the mortgage approval process. From her home base in Erie, Pa., she is studying accounting and financial planning with the goal of earning the certified public accountant and certified financial planner designations.
My neighborhood in Erie, Pa., is very convenient to everywhere I need to go — I can walk to stores, the bank and the post office, and the interstate and the mall are five minutes away."