by Miranda | Investing, Real Estate
Real estate isn’t really my thing, but I understand that many investors like the idea of including property in their portfolios. The good news is that there are a number of ways to invest in real estate, even if you don’t relish the idea of property...
by Miranda | Finance, Personal Finance
Growing up, we didn’t talk much about money. My parents talked about the importance of saving and of the importance of tithing, but we didn’t really talk about my parents’ financial situation, or talk much about what other people made. Talking about...
by Tom Drake | Credit and Debt, Finance
Your credit score is an increasingly important piece of your financial picture. Your credit score can influence not only your loan approval and interest rate, but also your insurance premiums, as well as what kind of deposit you have to make with a landlord or a cell...
by Miranda | Finance, Insurance
One of the issues that is coming up this tax season is confusion over the Advance Premium Tax Credit (APTC), which is part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA — also known as Obamacare). When you’re buying health insurance on one of the exchanges, you might be...
by Miranda | Finance, Personal Finance
We like to say that “money can’t buy happiness.” To a certain extent, that’s true. In many cases, simply having more money isn’t going to make you happy. Much has been made of recent research that indicates that there is a point at which...
by Miranda | Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs often find themselves wondering what to do next. As an entrepreneur, what can you do to boost your business in the coming year? What moves can you make to take your business to the next level? As you might imagine, the best moves to make depend largely...
by Miranda | Finance, Personal Finance
Like many people, there are lots of things I could be doing differently with my finances. And, with a new year under way, it’s tempting to list out all of those areas in which we feel we are falling short and attempt to fix them all at once. This approach, while it...
by Tom Drake | Finance, Personal Finance
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about the wealth gap in the United States, as well as the growing number of poor people. But what constitutes “poor”? One of the measures used by many is the poverty line. Every year, the United States government puts...