Your mailbox is full of bills and you’re starting to receive phone calls from debt collectors. You know that you need to get your financial house in order, but it seems like you never have enough money to make it through the month, let alone pay down your debts. Digging yourself out of debt may [...]
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With all of the paperwork you end up filling out on your first day on the job, finding out the exact details of your insurance benefits can slip your mind. However, it is important that you know exactly what coverage your employer is offering so you can know if there are any gaps. Here are [...]
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Earlier this year, my sister and I found ourselves unexpectedly becoming members of the “Sandwich Generation”—that is, adults who are caring for both children living at home and aging or elderly parents at the same time. Our sandwich moment arrived when our mother came down with acute pneumonia just days after Mom and I threw [...]
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The house across the street has sat empty for the better part of a year. According the neighborhood gossip, the owners—a young couple with no kids—walked away from the underwater mortgage. Apparently, the husband, who worked as a manager for a national restaurant chain, was transferred to another part of the country, and the couple [...]
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In one of my favorite episodes of the television show Family Guy, a slick door-to-door salesman convinces the bumbling Peter to purchase volcano insurance. When Peter first suggests that they’d never had volcano trouble in Rhode Island, the salesman responds “Don’t you think we’re due for one?” which of course ensures his sale. Even though [...]
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As Americans, we have all grown up with the fairy tale view of marriage: you fall deeply in love, have a beautiful wedding, and then live happily ever after. Unfortunately, marriage is more like running a business than like dancing and singing around Prince Charming’s castle. And many married couples find themselves surprised at how [...]
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We could all use a little extra cash. But between working your full-time job, family time, and all your other commitments, who has time to work a traditional part-time job? Luckily, there are plenty of off-the-wall ways to make money that you can fit into your schedule. Here are some of the weirdest ways to [...]
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