You’ve been hunting for weeks and have finally found your dream home in a neighborhood where you could spend years. Additionally, you already know where you want to hang the Flat Screen TV and figured out the color scheme for throughout the home. One problem: Where do you get your [...]
The dreaded tax season always has people worried how much they are going to owe in taxes. No one likes having to fork out a huge chunk of change, especially if you are living paycheck to paycheck. However, there are few ways that you can limit the amount of taxes [...]
If going through a divorce isn’t stressful enough, part of this process includes dividing up your assets—this includes your student debt. There are certain things you need to be aware of that can affect how your student loan debt is divided up. First and foremost is when you took out [...]
The Thanksgiving turkey is gone along with the cranberries and stuffing, so is Black Friday. Next up, Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. Before you know it, the ball will be dropping in Times Square and 2018 will be here. As you take time to reflect on the past year – its [...]
There is a misconception currently out there that VA Loans are only for veterans. That is just simply not true. VA loans can also be used by active duty personnel. According to Bankrate, the VA guaranteed 85,000 loans last year for service personnel, which was a 24 percent increase from [...]
In a cash transaction, Nelnet, one of the biggest loans servicers in the nation, will be acquiring Great Lakes Higher Education Corp. for $150 million. With this consolidation within the student loan servicing sector, Nelnet will now become the largest servicer of Federal loans according to Forbes. This is how [...]
After hours of hitting open houses, and going back and forth with your Realtor, you’ve finally found a home and want it to be yours. Next, it’s time to make an offer. But have you found a real estate agent? Put your credit in order, chosen a mortgage lender, determined your down [...]
You friends just asked if you want to catch a movie over the weekend but you have to decline. Not because you don’t want to see the new action flick, but because your wallet is telling you that you can’t. It’s either go the movie or pay your phone bill. [...]
After finishing your taxes, you come to find out that you owe money. If you owe more than you can pay in one lump sum, you can set up a payment plan with the IRS to pay it off. If you do not pay it off before the April tax [...]
The sun is definitely setting earlier and the temperatures are much cooler regardless of where you call home. And as temperatures outside drop, heating costs do the opposite and rise. Between colder weather and an increase in fuel prices, U.S. households may see their costs go up as much as [...]
