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Two of the greatest financial mistakes made by high earners and the middle class alike include failing to save enough for retirement and failing to take full advantage of tax-sheltered accounts. Fortunately, one solution can help with both problems: the…
You need cash for a down payment to buy a house. But your existing monthly debt payments and credit also affect your ability to borrow, your interest rate, and the lender fees you’ll pay. Which says nothing of financial upsides…
Money builds on itself over time. But it does so at an exponential rate, not an additive rate. When you invest money, you send each dollar marching out to work for you. Each one earns you money, which in turn…
Buying foreclosure homes skyrocketed in popularity in the wake of the housing bubble and Great Recession in the late 2000s, as an enormous wave of foreclosures swept the market. While there are far fewer foreclosures taking place today, buyers can…
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Midlife crises are expensive. From flashy cars to trendy clothes and accessories to artificially trying to look younger with Botox or surgeries, midlife crises cost you both money and stress. It’s not easy parting with the vigor, fitness, and attractiveness…
When you reach your 50s, you can no longer afford the illusion that retirement is some far-distant concern for another day. You need laser focus on long-term financial planning. Because in most cases, you have more working years behind you…
Sometimes prospective homebuyers get so caught up in how to buy a home with bad credit that they never pause to ponder whether they should do so in the first place. Homeownership comes with plenty of perks. But it also comes…
What was true 30 years ago isn’t necessarily true today. Few people would agree that cassette tapes produce the best possible sound or legwarmers are the height of fashion. And like technology, fashion, cultural values, and just about everything else…
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