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The Evils of a Reverse Mortgage

Picture it: Sicily, 1922. Sorry, wrong channel.  Let’s try again. Picture it: 20, 30, 50 years from now.   You’re old.  The money you’ve been failing to save so you could stock up on Fritos and obsolete video game consoles(to survive the zombie apocalypse in style) would come in handy about now, since the end of the…

The Benefits of Ignorance

For years, we had a sweet deal with day care. We had three kids and we were the only family with three kids, so we got a bulk discount that essentially made my oldest free.  Compared to the regular price, I think we were paying about ten dollars a week for him to be in…

Saving Money: The Warranty Fund

Last weekend, my DVD player died. No big deal, right?  We watch a lot of movies. We get a lot of enjoyment out of watching a lot of movies.  Movies are fun for us.  We’ve got a projector and a movie screen in our living room.  Movies are our biggest pastime.   Naturally, losing the movie…

Things to teach your kids about money

As parents, it is our job to teach our kids about a lot of things: driving, reading, manners, sex, ethics, and much, much more.  How many of us spend the time and effort to teach our kids about money?  A basic financial education would make money in early(and even late) adulthood easier to deal with. …