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Are you currently preparing to buy a home? Or do you want to maximize your money during a refinance on your current home? We had our last five children in only seven years and while they were little, we moved eleven times in thirteen years. We used to let the kids play in the boxes, [...]
What can you do to hit a home run on your next job interview? With graduations upon us, it’s a natural time to start preparing for job interviews. The job market is flooded with millennial generation applicants who are vying for the same position. At 7.5%, the unemployment rate is at its lowest level since [...]
What is the number one reason cited for divorce? You guessed it—money matters! If most couples are asked if they argue about money, they will reply, “We don’t fight about money, we just have some disagreements.” Yeah, right. When Bob and I were newly married he went into an electronics store to buy batteries and [...]
Is it possible to make cake when your savings and investments take a beating? When I was a young mom and my husband was on deployment with his military unit, there was always something “new” popping up in our house. On this occasion, I was carrying a load of clean laundry down the hall, when [...]
The biggest question most Americans have when they get their income tax refund is: where do I spend it? I believe that you can make a wise choice on how to use your tax refund that will have lasting benefits by learning the “Investment Spending Plan” method. I developed the Investment Spending Plan when my [...]
What is your idea of an extreme vacation? I remember when we went on our first extreme vacation. We had five kids, under the age of seven and we went camping in a small pop-up trailer. My husband, Bob, set up our trailer in the middle of a storm at a campground where there had [...]
How do I repay my student loans and still pay my bills? This is the time of year when proud parents of the senior class gather to watch their children prepare to graduate from college. After the hats are tossed, tears are wiped away and the celebratory cake is gone—the graduates will begin their new [...]
