Taxpayers for Common Sense President Ryan Alexander, National Wildlife Federation President Collin O'Mara, and National Association of Realtors President Tom Salomone indicate that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is on the verge of a financial crisis and that reforms should be made to ... » Learn More about The clock is ticking on flood insurance reform
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5 Ways to Prepare for a Home Purchase
You have decided to stop renting and putting money in someone else’s pocket and will start putting it into your own. You will purchase your first home. A lot of preparation should go into this before making the plunge into homeownership. Now you are probably thinking to yourself. So how do I ... » Learn More about 5 Ways to Prepare for a Home Purchase
3 Ways to Invest in Real Estate With Minimal to no Credit
Doesn’t it always appears as if banks would like to lend you money (or even a particular kind of money) when you don’t have the need for it. When we think back to when we in the US Army, we were having trouble building credit as well as getting a credit card, however today we're solicited for credit ... » Learn More about 3 Ways to Invest in Real Estate With Minimal to no Credit
Paying Taxes Using your Credit Card? Stop! And Read This
The most important day on the tax calendar isn't April 15, when taxes are due. Instead, it really is April 24: Tax Freedom Day. This day represents what amount of the year you had to work in order to repay your federal and state taxes. For 2015, that calculation came out to around 114 days of ... » Learn More about Paying Taxes Using your Credit Card? Stop! And Read This
Federal Reserve interest rate hike guessing game
The Federal Reserve meets in the upcoming week, and the interest rate guessing game is at full swing. The consensus is clearly that the stock market woes during the early part of the year mean the Fed will postpone an interest rate hike, as an article in The New York Times explained on ... » Learn More about Federal Reserve interest rate hike guessing game