- 20+ years of editorial experience.
- 15+ years in real estate, mortgages, and personal finance.
- Work has appeared on Newsweek Vault, Fortune, Bankrate, MarketWatch, MSN, CNN, and NerdWallet.
Bio and experience
Deborah Kearns is a personal finance editor and writer with more than 21 years of experience, specializing in real estate, mortgages, small business, debt consolidation, estate planning, taxes, and other money topics. She is passionate about empowering consumers to live their best financial lives.
She has worked as the director of communications at Finance of America Companies, the managing editor over mortgages at LendingTree, real estate editor and mortgage analyst at Bankrate, mortgages writer at NerdWallet, and senior editor of corporate communications at RE/MAX.
Deborah is currently a freelance writer, editor and content strategist, where her work has been featured by Fortune, Newsweek Vault, Bankrate, MarketWatch, CNN, NerdWallet, Mortgage Research Center, AP Buyline, LendingTree, SFGate, MSN, Realtor.com, MSN, Money, Investopedia, and RISMedia.
Education
Deborah has a degree in journalism from the University of Florida and a master's degree in public relations from Ball State University.
