With gas at a crazy price, people are asking themselves if they can save fuel money. As of March 31, 2022, the average national price for a gallon of regular gasoline touched $4.25, according to AAA. As your wallet informed you, this is some of the highest prices ever. And, that’s not even taking inflation…
Career Transitions You Can Make in Your 40S and 50S
By Tim Madden People like to say that “age is just a number,” but when you’re the one with an established career and a life filled with responsibilities, the prospect of letting all that go to pursue a dramatic shift in your work can feel like madness. However, you’d do well not to let your doubts…
Get on the Same Page—Calendar Hacks for Family Vacation Planning
May 13, 2022
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Family vacation season can be chaotic for families, often requiring parents to juggle multiple items at once. The good news is—it doesn’t have to be. With a few simple calendar hacks, you can go on your way to a fun, well-deserved, well-planned family vacation. When you start planning your vacation, it’s never as simple as…
Dealing With Death? There’re Apps for That
Before the pandemic, entrepreneurs Liz Eddy and Alyssa Ruderman had trouble getting venture capitalists to invest in their end-of-life planning app Lantern. Potential business partners were skeptical as well. “We would hear, ‘Oh, this is really a niche issue,’ which I think is pretty hilarious,” Eddy says. “Death is quite literally the only thing on…
Passive Income: Like Finding Money
Passive income is one of the three most recognized types of personal income–joining active income and portfolio income. The word “passive” in this case refers to the relationship between the income and the person receiving it: it is a passive relationship, or one might say that there is very little relationship at all. Unlike active…
Elon Musk, Richard Branson & Jeff Bezos’ Best Advice for Ensuring Your Startup Doesn’t Fail
May 11, 2022
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By Brook Zimmatore Imagine some sickness with a 90 percent mortality rate: Doctors would be scrambling for a cure and we certainly wouldn’t be lining up to catch said disease. Yet, even with a 10 percent chance of success, more people are starting their own businesses than ever before. In 2021, 5.4 million applicants filed to…
11 Ways to Increase Your Pay and Grow at Work
You must never underestimate the importance of improving your skills as you advance in your career. After all, every successful person has spent a considerable amount of time learning and developing their skills at some point. However, as the professional world becomes increasingly competitive and is constantly changing, this is more imperative than ever. If…
Don’t Blame the Government — Blame Yourself
May 10, 2022
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Sometimes people will write to me complaining that the government, specifically the Social Security Administration, has messed up and cheated them out of benefits they might have been due. But many times, the fault (to trivialize a famous line from Shakespeare’s play, “Julius Caesar”) is not in our government, but in ourselves. Here are some…
Angry Al and Me
May 10, 2022
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I get lots of emails from my readers. Most are from nice people who have questions about their particular Social Security situation. I like responding to these people and helping them out. Then there are those guys (and it’s almost always guys) who rant and rave and gripe and groan about some perceived injustice involving…
Warranty Deed Versus Quitclaim Deed
May 10, 2022
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Dear Monty: We want to give our son a quitclaim deed to our house, which he rents from us. We still have a mortgage of $117,000 on the home. What is our obligation in this transition? Monty’s Answer: There are several steps that must be taken before you can quitclaim your home to your son….
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