Financial Security and the Four-Legged Stool

Financial Security and the Four-Legged Stool

It’s never too late to start saving for your retirement. Financial security in retirement can be viewed as a four-legged stool. The four legs include Savings and Investments, Work, Social Security, and Pensions. That stool is sturdiest (and we sit most securely...
Understanding Mortgages

Understanding Mortgages

It’s safe to say the American Dream usually involves a white picket fence, at least in the proverbial sense. Even as young children, we dream of a day where we will have our own home and a family to fill our adult space with. We spend our young adult years...
Single. Young. Female. Homeowner?

Single. Young. Female. Homeowner?

It used to be part of the American Dream to get married and buy the perfect house with a white picket fence. But who says you have to be married to make that purchase? Speaking as a single, career-driven female, I purchased a condo last fall—and it was one of the best...
Make the Most of Your Money

Make the Most of Your Money

Maria Kuitula and Phyllis Wordhouse, wealth coaches at Wordhouse Wealth Coaching, are busy saving investors in nineteen states from making common investing errors and falling into the “Investors’ Trap.” This “Trap” keeps investors on...
More Savings, Less Hassle: Coupons 101

More Savings, Less Hassle: Coupons 101

Have you ever watched one of those extreme couponing shows where the person has a three-ring binder full of coupons and a giant pantry full of food that would require an elaborate rotation schedule to use everything before it reached its expiration date? I do not want...