Valerie Fulton is a freelance writer who specializes in personal finance, real estate, higher education, home improvement, and business copy. Her work has been published at Veros Real Estate Solutions, Bluehost, Sears, UPS, Movoto, the Simple Dollar, Peak Communications, and the University of Tennessee. Every summer, she travels from Austin, Texas to the coast of Maine with her two standard poodles in order to manage the vacation property she bought for a steal several years ago.