Is lumber the new gold? No, but lumber’s price increase has some homeowners feeling the pinch. According to Nasdaq data, between March 2020 and May 2021, lumber prices more than quintupled. That increased the cost to build an average single-family…
Ask fellow freelancers and self-employed colleagues in your life how they track business expenses, and you’re likely to hear answers like, “A spreadsheet I never remember to update,” or “A pile of overflowing manila folders,” or “A rat’s nest of…
According to The Knot, the average cost of an American wedding was about $28,000 in 2019. Wedding photography and videography account for $2,400 and $1,800, respectively, or about 15% of the total. Professional-grade wedding memories are expensive. If you’re fretting…
People buy life insurance policies for a slew of reasons. But policyholders generally have the same broad goal in mind: ensuring their death doesn’t create an undue burden for those left behind. That burden can take many different forms. And,…
Allstate is an American institution. It competes against national, full-service insurance companies, including Progressive, Geico, State Farm, Liberty Mutual, Nationwide, and a host of regional insurers. Like State Farm, it still relies heavily on local agents at a time when…
A few years back, my wife and I purchased a new queen-size mattress. Previously, we’d slept on secondhand mattresses, either salvaged from our childhood homes or bought used. We knew buying a high-quality mattress would be an expensive proposition. And…
Playing the lottery involves exceptionally long odds when the jackpot is big enough to change the winner’s life. Lotteries benefit the state like gambling benefits casinos — by design. That’s why few win anything worth writing home about. The occasional…
In June 2020, Florida homeowners Abena and Alex Horton decided to take advantage of low interest rates due to the pandemic and refinance their mortgage. So their lender sent a professional appraiser to their home in a predominantly white area…
Jackson Hewitt’s tax service helps millions of Americans prepare and file their taxes each year. There’s a good chance you’ve seen a Jackson Hewitt storefront office in your town — there are several thousand outposts spread around the United States….
You probably know Cash App as one of the country’s most popular money transfer apps. Perhaps you’re among its millions of users. It also now offers a free income tax prep platform that caters to frugal, self-confident filers with situations…
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