Archive for August, 2012
Why Should I Have A 529 College Savings Plan?
The biggest expense any family will ever have, beside paying for a house, is paying for a college education for your children. Brace yourself because the average private college can cost $40,000 a year for tuition, books, room, and board. The cost for a state college education can run any where from $11,000 to $20,000 a year. […]
Should You Loan Money To Your Children?
Is it a good idea to loan money to your children? We all have crossed this bridge one way or another. One day your child comes to you with a need for money. Maybe they screwed up and need money for college. Something is broken in their car or house. Because they have never saved […]
Tax Free Weekend Can Save You Money
Start making your list this weekend to start saving money, it’s the yearly tax free weekend. Many states limit you to just purchases below $100. I like the states that let you purchase a computer up to a price of $1000. But most of the states limit you to just clothes and school supplies. Good […]
My Financial Planning Adventures
I have tried to educate myself about the different facets of my financial life. Reading the advice of many different authors. Each having their various opinions. I would get behind one school of thought to only later switch to another, not really feeling satisfied in their advice. So I thought one day I would go […]
A Lifetime of Debt Can Negatively Effect Yourself and Family
We all know the problem with debt. It all starts simply when you buy something with that little piece of plastic. Its all so fun and innocent. Its a mindset that you need somethimg now. you don’t have time to save for it. Get it now and worry about the bill later. Maybe you don’t […]
Why Women Need To Save More For Retirement
In a conversation with my wife about our future financial plans the subject of longevity came up. We discussed our possible longevity and how it would effect our retirement. Our estimation of a possible life into our 90’s came up. Determining we could live so long and the statistics of women living longer had to […]
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