Welcome to Ilyce Glink's blog! Here you'll find Ilyce's latest insights on personal finance advice, real estate advice and consumer issues. Come back often for timely and interesting posts on a wide variety of topics.
It was raining cats and dogs in Charlotte this morning. I woke in my Marriott City Center hotel room to the pitter pat of rain streaking across the window. I had been told we were going to have a warm, sunny day. Luckily, I brought my trusty black Gap raincoat.
This week is a heavier-than-usual…
Topics: ilyce glink, personal finance, travel
Here's the heart-stopping figure of the month: $9,300. That's how much the average family carries in credit card debts. Ten years ago, the amount of debt Americans carried was less than half.
What's going on? It's the "gotta haves" that have taken over this country, as in "I gotta have that new bag…
Topics: credit card debt, bankruptcy, interest rates, credit cards, debt
Robert Kiyosaki (www.richdad.com) joined us on the program today to talk about the Learning Annex's Real Estate Wealth Expo in Atlanta on May 6-7 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Kiyosaki and Donald Trump will be there. I'll be there, too, broadcasting live from 11a-1p on May 7th. For ticket…
Topics: real estate advice, real estate investment, identity theft, credit cards, consumer advice, travel
If you have a bad shopping experience, how many people do you tell?
According to a new survey from the Verde Group and the Jay H. Baker Retailing Initiative at the Wharton School, you're likely to tell plenty of folks how badly you were treated and how unhappy you are.
As Business Week reports, the…
Topics: consumer complaint, consumer advice
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