Money Lessons Every Parent Needs To Teach This School Year:
It’s that time of year again: back to school. While I know there are legions of amazing teachers waiting to educate your kids, I need you to step…
Family & Estate Planning
Teach Your Children Well-Part 4: Have the College Cost Conversation Early
I see parents let down their college bound kids all the time. Not because they can’t afford to foot the often insanely high bill for a four-year private…
Teach your Children Well-Part 3: Give Your Kid’s Credit
Young adults are making a big mistake with their finances. Survey after survey reports that most millennials do not have a credit card. I am wholeheartedly on board…
Teach Your Children Well-Part 2: Instill the Pleasure of Saving
You know your kids are sponges. So let me ask you a question: what lessons about saving are they absorbing from you?
Teach Your Children Well-Part 1: Bill Pay Together
Sitting down with your children once a month and having them help you pay the family bills is an incredibly valuable life-lesson opportunity that sadly few families use.
Why I Don’t Like Weddings
Weddings bring out the worst in our bad-money habits. I have known too many couples that have gone into credit card debt to pay for a wedding. Love…
4 Ways to Save on a Wedding
I am on the record that only couples in great financial shape should spend money on an expensive/large wedding. But for those of you who are just going…
That $30,000 Wedding Really Costs You $130,000 Or More.
The average cost of a wedding is now more than $30,000. As I have explained in How to Budget for a Wedding, spending even $3,000 on a wedding…
U.S. Army Reserve and Suze Orman Partner to Deliver Finance Expertise
THE PENTAGON – Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley, chief of Army Reserve and commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command, and Ms. Suze Orman, award-winning personal finance expert