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2011
It’s a home-selling nightmare: Your home has been on the market for months, or even years, without so much as a nibble.Nearly every Sunday on my WSB radio show, I hear from home sellers who are stuck in this kind of never-ending home-selling nightmare. They can’t sell because one, two, or more ho...
01/28/2011
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When most of us think about our final years, we consider our life insurance policy and whether it would be enough to protect our families. But what about costs related to hospice care, in-home nursing, or assisted living? My colleague Linda Rey has written a very informative blog post on long ter...
01/27/2011
Don’t you wish that you could just push taxes to the back of your mind and deal with them at the end of the year? Actually, that’s exactly what most taxpayers do. Which is why they end up overpaying their share of the tax burden. If you'd rather save that money, there are simple habits you can s...
01/26/2011
My colleague Dan Solin is a retirement and investment expert who's heard a lot of concern from his clients lately. It makes sense. Investors have a lot to be fearful of these days. They have legitimate concerns about the deficit, the state of the economy, and high unemployment rates.But, Dan says...
01/25/2011
The number of emails I’ve received from homeowners in distress has increased in the last few weeks. It’s almost as though the Christmas foreclosure freeze has thawed, and lenders are trying to fight through the backload of homeowners who aren’t paying their mortgages. Maybe this is what’s happeni...
01/24/2011
Are you underwater with your mortgage? You’re not alone.According to the latest figures from CoreLogic, 10.8 million, or 22.5 percent, of all residential properties with mortgages were in negative equity at the end of the third quarter of 2010, down from 11 million and 23 percent in the second qu...
01/21/2011
Do you know the history behind the tradition of New Year's resolutions? I read on my colleague Linda Rey's blog today that New Year’s Day was established to honor Janus, the god of Roman mythology who, with his two faces, looked back on past events as well as forward into the future. The Romans m...
01/20/2011
Whatever your political beliefs, the mention of undocumented workers always generates an emotional reaction. However, the IRS has a pretty cool, straightforward attitude toward the subject. As far as the IRS is concerned, there are only two kinds of aliens: resident aliens and nonresident aliens...
01/19/2011
Many employees have choices when it comes to retirement planning. Here are three common retirement-planning choices: A Roth 401(k) A traditional 401(k) A Roth IRA How do you decide which option is best for you? There are many factors to consider in retirement planning, starting with which choice...
01/18/2011
With the nature of this recession and its wide-reaching impact, I’ll be looking out for several things in 2011. Myself and the team of credit experts at Equifax have compiled a Top 10 list of the economic indicators that we'll have our eyes on in this coming year. 1. Changes in financial behavior...
01/17/2011
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