It’s official — ready or not — we are smack dab in the thick of “the holidays.” It is undeniable. Regardless of where you go throughout the next 30 days, you are going to be pummeled with some sort of festive, jubilant, and perhaps even merry, holiday cheer. Even if you do all your ...
“It’s not Santa you need to worry about watching your list—it’s the IRS.” Every December, as people rush to finish their holiday shopping and make travel plans, there’s another deadline quietly ticking down in the background — one that could cost retirees thousands if ignored. ...
Black Friday arrives at the end of the week, and the timing couldn’t be better. Prices may not be climbing as fast as they were a year ago, but they’re still rising on the basics like groceries, insurance and utilities. Surveys show roughly 70% of shoppers say cost-of-living pressures are ...
Last week, I was offered a free cruise ... to the closing table, specifically for one of my listings. This wasn’t just a one-time offer either; it was offered every day, and more than one per day, on this same home. Intrigued and curious (much like a mosquito to an electric zapper), I read ...
Gearing up to pay for college tuition, approximately $2,800 at Utah State University in 2002, I convinced my boyfriend the best way to get fast cash was to fly to Valdez, Alaska, and can fish for the summer at the Peter Pan Seafood factory. As only an immortal teenager would, I salivated ...
Imagine this. You’re using your own retirement money — money you’ve already worked a lifetime to save — to pay for long-term care. But when tax season comes around, you don’t owe a single penny in income tax on those withdrawals. Sound impossible? It’s not. Thanks to a pair of ...
