Prior to marriage, most couples take part in some kind of premarital counseling. Unfortunately, that counseling often does not cover one of the most stressful aspects of marriage—money management. Money can be a major source of arguments in even the best relationships. The good news is that some preemptive planning can avert these kinds of [...]
For the past five years, most homeowners have been watching their homeowners insurance rates go up, even as their homes drop in value. This has led some homeowners to wonder: If my home is worth less, shouldn’t it cost less to insure? Unfortunately there is no insurance break on the horizon for homeowners, regardless of [...]
One of the most frequent real estate questions I get asked is about prepaying mortgages. There’s a lot of push and pull in the minds of many homeowners when it comes to deciding between prepaying their mortgages and investing that money elsewhere. Most of the time, prepaying your mortgage is a perfectly good and reasonable [...]
Economy contracts as Dow rises, showing healthy stock market investment that could be trouble for jobs this year. Mortgage loan interest rates also rose. And as usual, providing personal finance advice, real estate advice and consumer advice on the Ilyce Glink Show on February 3, 2013 at 11:00am Eastern Time on WSB Radio. Welcome and [...]
you don’t seThe reason to look for a new job may be obvious: You resent going to work every day; you don’t feel like anyone appreciates you; e a future at your company; you hate your boss; or you spend lots of time at work surfing the net or checking Facebook. There may be more subtle [...]
January is a good time to make an appointment with your financial planner—or find one if you don’t already have one—to make sure your retirement plan is growing in the right direction. Fee-only financial planner Brent Perry, CFP®, of Piedmont Financial Advisors, LLC, in Indianapolis, Ind., suggests asking your advisor these five retirement questions during [...]
What does the coming year promise for residential real estate investing? Will it be a good time to try your hand at buying a foreclosure and renting it out? Will rising home values be a positive or negative factor? Where will the best markets be for investors? For investors, who account for one out of [...]
For today's show, Jed Kolko, Grant Cardone, Daren Blomquist and Steve Cook join me to talk about recent trends and hot topics in personal finance and real estate on the Ilyce Glink Show on January 27, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time on WSB Radio. These four smart folks had a lot of great things [...]
Personal finance and real estate with special guests Jed Kolko from Trulia, Grant Cardone, Daren Blomquist of RealtyTrac and Steve Cook, Managing Editor of Real Estate Economy Watch. And as usual, providing personal finance advice, real estate advice and consumer advice on the Ilyce Glink Show on January 27, 2013 at 11:00am Eastern Time on [...]
Applying for a loan modification can affect your credit score while you wait for your loan application to be processed. Q: Unfortunately, I am stuck with one of the worst monster mega banks for my loan modification. When I applied for a loan modification, they classified me as "delinquent" while they were processing my application. [...]
