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.
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Step 4: Closing the Deal: Scour your all-in Mortgage Costs
It takes a hefty wad of money to get a mortgage. It’s typical for all the fees associated with securing a mortgage—called Closing Costs-to add up to 2%…
Step 3: Get to the Point: When It Pays to Buy Down Your Mortgage
Lenders like to give home borrowers choices when it comes to their mortgage rate. You’ll always be presented with a standard rate: what you qualify for based on…
Suze’s Mortgage Tip #2: Know the Down Side of Making a Small Low Down Payment.
My absolute best advice is to strive to make a 20% down payment when you buy a home. I know that can be a lot of money. But…
Suze’s Mortgage Tip #1: Shop Around
It amazes me that so many homebuyers who spent weeks, if not months, hunting around for the best home, don’t shop around as diligently for the best mortgage.…
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…
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
How to Budget for a Wedding
I am frequently asked how much is okay to spend on a wedding. That’s the wrong question. What any couple, and their families should be asking is: Can…