If you have ever been involved in an automobile accident, you probably remember how flustered you were after the initial impact. In the event of even a minor collision, it can be difficult to remember what your course of action should be. Calling the police should be your first step. After that, here are a [...]
If you’re a parent who is planning on selling your home, it’s a good idea to keep some child etiquette rules in mind before your showing. You can make sure your child doesn’t derail your chances of selling your home by making some key preparations in advance. Helping your child understand his or her age-appropriate [...]
When you are working for yourself, you may not have a human resources person or retirement specialist working for the company with which you are employed to help guide you through your retirement options. You may have to rely on yourself. As a self-employed individual, you have many of the same tax-deferred options as employees [...]
Lawrence Yun, Rick Sharga, Farnoosh Torabi and Jed Kolko join Ilyce to discuss real estate market trends and credit management on the Ilyce Glink Show on June 8, 2014 on WSB Radio. Ilyce’s show always contains various forms of real estate and credit advice but she has invited four intelligent and engaged professionals to talk [...]
Could the English language be hurting your ability to save for retirement? According to Keith Chen, former Yale University behavioral economist and current UCLA economist professor, it’s very possible that its hurting your retirement savings. English is considered a “future” language, meaning that in order to speak correctly, you have to use a different tense when [...]
If you feel like you spent more on your heating bills this winter, you’re right. In addition to the cold temperatures and massive snowstorms that blanketed much of the country, fuel costs increased significantly. Families who heated their homes with propane paid a whopping 54 percent more this past winter. In addition, natural gas heating [...]
Life insurance can give you the peace of mind that your spouse or children will be taken care of in the event of your death. Unfortunately, there are fraudsters out there who know how to prey on your fear for your dependents and scam you out of thousands of dollars. When you’re shopping for a [...]
If you’ve purchased a credit monitoring product to help you stay on top of the information in your credit file, you may at some point receive an alert. When the alert is about a change you’ve recently initiated—a new credit card or mortgage, for example—it may not be a surprise. But when you receive an [...]
Among all the paperwork that is exchanged during the home buying process, the Good Faith Estimate is arguably the most important piece of information a mortgage lender will give you. A Good Faith Estimate, or GFE, is a document your lender gives you that describes the basic terms of the loan and estimates how much [...]
Look back at who you were in your 20s and 30s. If you could have a conversation with yourself, what money mistakes would you say to avoid? Here are a couple big money mistakes I think people in their 20s and 30s often make. People in their 20s Two big mistakes people in their 20s [...]
