Did you catch yesterday’s post on facts and fictions of investing in real estate? If you’re thinking of buying a home now, you’re going to have to compete with real estate investors. Good news: There’s plenty of room for you in the real estate investing market. Let’s look at some more myths that persist when [...]
Think no one is buying a home? In fact, the numbers are astounding. Investors bought one of every four homes sold in America last year. Moreover, investment-home sales surged from 64.5 percent to 1.23 million last year, up from 749,000 in 2010, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Investing in real estate is [...]
Most of us have an annoying list of money management tasks we never seem to get around to—from checking rates on car insurance to rolling over a 401(k) from a previous job. Instead of tackling these projects in dribs and drabs (or not at all!), why not take an entire day off and get a [...]
Tax tips for small business owners. Excerpt from Small Business Taxes Made Easy by TaxMama Eva Rosenberg. Get more advice for filing taxes from TaxMama’s posts on the Equifax Finance Blog. Keep all tax returns forever. Ignore what anyone else tells you. There have been too many times that the IRS or the state has [...]
A financial planner is your partner in all steps of your financial planning, offering you investing tips and advice on a variety of money topics and retirement goals. If you need any kind of financial assistance, then the time to consult with an advisor is now. It’s important that you do your homework on multiple [...]
You sent off your tax return last month, expecting to be done filing taxes. But what do you do when you receive a letter back from the IRS? Don’t panic. Often, communication from the IRS can be resolved quickly. However, there are some people who don’t even open mail from the IRS. They are so [...]
Investing is one of the most efficient ways to save for retirement; Social Security benefits are not enough to cover all of your living expenses, especially when you consider inflation. People most often seek retirement advice about whether they and their spouse should share a retirement account or if it’s best for them to open [...]
Most of us want our children to grow up to be responsible with money. Financial literacy is an important part of successful money management—if you start teaching your children basic lessons while they are young, they will have a firm financial foundation to build upon in the future. When brought up to know the value [...]
During the last two weeks of tax season, TaxMama got some heartbreaking requests for information from people who had done things in 2011 that couldn’t be fixed when filing taxes. Perhaps these are things you’re also thinking of doing right now? Let’s learn from their mistakes. First-time homebuyer credit errors The first-time homebuyer credit had [...]
