Before getting married, or soon after, discuss marriage finances and make a budget. It could save you a lot of grief down the road.
Whether your retirement might include work or just a lot of leisure, start thinking and planning ahead of time.
Let’s look at the housing aspect of retirement, focusing on retirement communities and advantages of different locations.
A financial planner helps you set and meet goals in many areas of your financial life. We will look at this in a little more detail.
Where does all that tax money from your paycheck go? Let's look at payroll taxes and what they are all about.
Estate planning is not just for the wealthy. There are a number of other significant issues that deserve everyone's attention.
This introductory tutorial is aimed at individuals who want some perspective on planning their taxes.
Keep these steps in mind while searching for a used vehicle. They could save you a lot of money.
Here is what to know in order to get the best buying experience on a new vehicle. Learn some strategy as well.
To rent or to own is a perennial question with no clear answer. Each side has its reasons and its advocates.
If your income is below a certain amount, help from government bodies and non-profits is available. The challenge is how to find it.
You might be ready to sit down with a professional and make a real financial plan. Here is what is involved.
What does long-term care seek to accomplish, how does it do it, and how do we pay for it? Those are the topics of this tutorial.
Lifestyle financial planning uses basic psychological ideas to help you craft a financial life that meets your goals.
Term life insurance may or may not be a good buy for you. Find out in this tutorial as we cover its features.
This is an introduction to Medicare and Medigap insurance -- two types of healthcare insurance on which many retired people rely.
What to do when you’re a new parent? Consult these ideas for before and after planning.
One key to surviving divorce is proper financial planning before the settlement is final. This includes child support and alimony.
Marriage confers many benefits and responsibilities to be aware of for your financial life.
This tutorial is concerned with planning for higher education, including financial aid and tax-advantaged accounts for saving up funds.
Financial planning need not always be heavy on the math and charts. A certain amount of it can be quite simple, as we will see.
In this look at bankruptcy, we cover Chapters 7 and 13 bankruptcy and some alternatives to them.
Learn how time affects the way you divide your investment portfolio. Time horizon relates to the volatility and risks of investing.
Withdrawing your hard-earned money in retirement is perhaps the most challenging part of retirement planning, as we will see here.
Taking withdrawals from your retirement portfolio can be complicated, but with the bucket approach, you can make it easier on yourself.
Learn some tax issues of long-term care insurance, such as deductibility of premiums and other advantages.
A visit from the IRS might be scary, but you can survive or prevent an audit. We explain how in this tutorial.
A reverse mortgage may or may not be a good option for your later years; you can help yourself decide with this tutorial.
People refinance homes for many reasons, but the underlying reason is usually to save money. Let’s look at refinancing in more depth.
Most people believe that "having their affairs in order" means simply having a will. But a good estate plan includes two additional documents that deal with contingencies other than death: mental disability and medical decision-making. This course will examine the power of attorney for management of your financial affairs, and the advance medical directive, which deals with medical decision-making.
Before choosing whether to use probate, you should have a sense of what it entails. That's what this tutorial covers.
The key to avoiding foreclosure is to be prepared and start early. It is among the most stressful things a person can go through.
Learn how long-term care insurance delivers its benefits to policyholders. We cover premiums, formats, benefits, and policy extras.
The federal government has programs to assist distressed homeowners with their mortgages. This course looks at how they work.
If you are considering buying life insurance, consult this tutorial to learn where to start.
Yes, you can cut your taxes once you're retired. But the trick is to know how, preferably while you're still working.
Variable and universal life insurance are a twist on cash value life insurance. Let’s see how they work.
This tutorial will help you think about financial soundness, affordability, and alternatives to long-term care insurance.
Though taxes are a certainty in life, legal tax shelters can reduce the pain for you and save you a lot of money.