What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.
1. Update on “dream home” savings
2. Heroes?
3. Gift tax question
4. Discount glasses
5. Buying house without mortgage
6. Door locks
7. Business as retirement plan?
8. Robert Kiyosaki
9. Evening MBA good idea?
In my last post, I shared my take on the best home insurance. With the growing popularity of renting, I conducted some additional research to determine which carriers provide the best renters insurance.
After analyzing several national and local companies, Allstate stands out as the best renters insurance provider. If you want a free online quote, you can get started right away. Continue reading and I’ll explain why you need renters insurance and discuss the major components of a solid policy.
Selecting Allstate as the best ultimately boils down to three important factors:
The first thing to know about free tax preparation software is that every legitimate online tax software offers a free version.
If you’re new to tax software, check out my post on the best tax software to see what products rank the highest overall and to learn more about how the software works.
Remember, you can start using online tax software for free and you’ll only be charged if your tax return requires a more complex version.
For anyone with basic tax needs, you can get started right away.
Recently, I wrote an article entitled Convenience and Expenses: Why Time Management Really Matters, where I explored the connection between personal finance and time management and I promised some follow-up articles on specific elements of time management that connected deeply with personal finance. Here’s the first of these articles.
People can’t spread their attention fully between two tasks. There’s no better proof of this than the unsafe driving of people while they’re texting. You can’t focus on both texting and driving at the same time. Sure, you might be able to get your text sent before an accident occurs on the road, but your driving was quite simply less safe while you were texting (and your text probably wasn’t perfect, either).
It’s a fear that many of us have. For some, it’s a reality.
You’re close to retirement age, but when you sit down and run the numbers, it’s pretty clear that if you retire at 65, you’re going to have to make some very tough choices. No matter how you slice it, the money simply isn’t there.
What do you do?
This can easily be a nightmare situation. I’ve read emails from panicked readers approaching sixty years of age and they’re just realizing that they’re simply not going to make it to where they need to be to retire at age 65.
Whenever I hear from a reader in that situation, I usually tell them one thing above all else. Don’t panic. Making financial moves in a panicked mindset has a high likelihood of leading straight to a mistake. Spend some time calming down and realizing that the world is not coming to an end.
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