Finance-Explorer

The environment for home sales becomes more difficult with each passing month. Some estimates put 11 million mortgages, about 20% of the U.S. total, underwater, meaning that homeowners owe their banks more than the underlying properties are worth. Home...

It can be difficult to determine if you are prepared to permanently exit the workforce. You need to save enough to last the rest of your life--and you'll need to manage that money to beat inflation and minimize taxes. Retirees should also have a plan...

People are living longer and saving less. But there are ways to stretch out your dollars.
If you're like many people, you've put considerable time and effort into socking away money for retirement. But you've probably put less thought into how slowly you'll spend the money and in a way that will make it last--a potential disaster....

You could use software to write your own will, but here's a safer alternative.
Yes, it can be painful to pay for estate planning. Lawyers charge a lot. The benefits of a plan are delayed, and you don't live to see them anyway. Who wants to spend big bucks on a plan when times are so tough and the federal estate tax is in flux?...