When you hear advertisements claiming to "fix" your credit, you should consider changing the station. There is no quick "credit fix." The best that you or anyone else can do is identify and corre... |
Other than winning the lottery, it is impossible to obtain financial freedom without a financial budget. Developing and living by a budget allows you to track your income as well as your expenses.... |
The housing market is experiencing serious problems. With resets of Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARM), hundreds of thousands of Americans are losing their homes. What can you do? Too often, homeo... |
Our Banking courses are designed to educate consumers on all aspects of banking. It includes basic topics on choosing a bank, learning the differences between banks and credit unions, properly m... |
The Budgeting courses not only show you step by step how to establish and maintain a budget, they also educate you on how to make the purchases you need without busting your budget wide open. If... |
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Criminals who file fraudulent tax returns by stealing people's identities could rake in an estimated $26 billion over the next five years because the IRS cannot keep up with the amount of the fraud, Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George said Tuesday.
A federal prosecutor called Martin Shkreli a liar and a fraudster in the opening statements of his criminal fraud trial, but his lawyer defended him as an oddball genius who made millions of dollars for investors.
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Succession Planning
Rick Warren, author of “A Purpose-Driven Life”, has been quoted as saying “It is not a sin to be rich. It is a sin to die rich.” As Christians, we all believe in life after death. However, the life after death discussed in this section is not the one that typically comes to mind. Here, we will discuss succession planning. Have you made provisions for your family and loved ones in the event of your death? After all, life will continue for them after you are gone. We have all heard the tragic stories of people who have died and left their loved ones with enormous medical bills or unpaid funeral expenses. Some individuals may have lost the family home because, without the deceased’s income, they could no longer afford to pay the mortgage. Proverbs 10:7 says “The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.” How will you be remembered? More importantly, how will you remembered by those who need you the most?