Hire a Lawyer Before Engaging with Someone Else's Insurance Company
Have you ever dealt with someone else’s insurance company when handling claims and felt lost, confused or cheated? Consulting a lawyer before …
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Should Your Child Get a Job? Labor Laws and Advice for Parents
When kids earn their own cash, they learn about the value of money, saving and planning and gain real world experience. But how young is too young to …
Continue ReadingChildren and Money: Tips for Teaching Your Kids about Financial Responsibility
How do you teach kids the value of a dollar? With so many temptations, it is hard to keep kids from developing poor spending habits. However, some …
Continue ReadingHow to Construct A Savings Plan
In the final part of a series on managing personal finances, we discuss how to create a savings plan that will help you eliminate debt, create an …
Continue ReadingHow to Create a Personal Budget for Managing Finances
Have you established your personal budget yet? Do you know if you are spending more than you are making each month? Read on to learn how to create and …
Continue ReadingWays to Save Money in Your Budget
This second article in a three part series will focus on helping you tweak your budget to maximize your savings. In the first article we looked at the …
Continue ReadingIs Bitcoin the Future of Gaming and Gambling?
The internet is developing its own money independent of borders, banks and regulation. How will this affect how we play?
Continue ReadingDetermining the Most Expensive Car or House You Can Afford Based on Your Monthly Budget
Imagine this scenario: You embark on the search for your ideal car or home. Upon finding it, you excitedly go through negotiations and financing only …
Continue ReadingHow to Calculate the Interest & Principal Portions of a Monthly Installment Loan Using Excel
When you make a series of monthly payments to pay back a car or home loan, a portion of the payment goes to interest and a portion pays down the …
Continue ReadingMicrosoft Excel Functions Used for Calculating Monthly Loan Payments
If you’re one of the rare financially-minded breeds, you likely keep an obsessively watchful eye on your finances. In terms of a monthly car or house …
Continue ReadingHealth Insurance Alternatives: What Is a Health Care Sharing Ministry or HCSM?
Health sharing plans or health care sharing ministries (HCSM) allow members to obtain medical care without participating in a high overhead health …
Continue ReadingAn Explanation of Common Health Insurance Terms
Whether you have a great employee sponsored health plan or have signed up for the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), you’ve likely run into a lot of …
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