Category Archives: Insurance

Home & Renters Insurance, Insurance · July 19, 2017

Two Insurance Mistakes Homeowners Can’t Afford to Make

With home values rising more than 40 percent from their lows during the financial crisis, a home is an increasingly valuable asset. For many of you, I know it is your biggest asset.

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Car Insurance, Insurance, Saving · July 5, 2017

How to Make More than $400 in 15 Minutes

If you have spent more than three minutes watching broadcast television, you’re well aware that insurance companies are eager to get your business. But despite all those commercials, the reality is that many drivers aren’t shopping around for the best…

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Insurance, Saving · June 21, 2017

3 Key Financial Steps for Stay At Home Parents

When you and your partner make the decision for one of you to be a stay-at-home parent, the tendency is to center all the financial decisions on the person who is still earning an income. Notice I didn’t say “the…

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Annuities, Insurance, Long Term Care, Retirement · March 29, 2017

Funding Your Long Term Care Insurance

It would be easy to say “yes” to long-term care insurance if you didn’t have to come up with new money to pay for it, wouldn’t it? Well, there might just be a way to pull that off by repositioning…

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Home & Renters Insurance · February 8, 2017

How to Truly Say “I Love You” to Your Family

Chocolate and roses are classic Valentine’s Day gifts. But I am dead serious when I tell you that the most caring and loving gift you can ever give your loved ones is to protect them with life insurance.

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Car Insurance, Insurance · February 1, 2017

How to Beat Rising Auto Insurance Premiums

Low gas prices coupled with a continuing-to-improve economy is not necessarily good news for your auto insurance. As the number of miles driven rises—it is up more than 6% over the past two years-so too do accidents. And then there…

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Home & Renters Insurance, Insurance, Saving · November 30, 2016

My Holiday Challenge: How Much Can You Save While Shopping?

You know that I have often stated that one of the keys to financial freedom is to feel as much pleasure from saving, as you get from spending.

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Credit Cards, Emergency Funds, Life Insurance, Retirement, Saving · November 16, 2016

Why I Hate Guaranteed Acceptance Whole Life Insurance

I was glued to the TV recently watching the news when an advertisement for Guaranteed Acceptance Life Insurance came on. Whoo boy, did my blood pressure rise. I am not a fan of this type of life insurance.

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Budgeting, Life Insurance · October 26, 2016

What No Mother With Young Children Can Afford to Leave Off Her Shopping List

I was shopping at Costco recently, enjoying the great value as always. While waiting in line to check out I got to chatting with a few young mothers-with babies in tow-who were waiting as well. Me being me I was…

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