Browsing: Personal Finance

The numbers: For the first time in nearly a year, home builders are upbeat about the housing market outlook. The shortage of previously-owned sales is helping…

So, you’ve decided you’re ready to go to college — or go back to college — during the upcoming fall semester. That’s all good news, except…

For more than three years, federal student loan borrowers have not had to make monthly payments. But that pandemic-era pause is coming to an end this…

Recently, 59% of small businesses reported being in fair or poor financial condition, according to the Federal Reserve Banks’ Small Business Credit Survey. Despite the economic…

You’ve completed all the estate planning documents your lawyer recommended, do you really need to take another step? Yep! A letter of instruction can be an…

One of my favorite financial planning clients represents a story that is part success, part sadness. Betty, we’ll call her, married young and became a widow…

Annuities are setting sales records, thanks to higher interest rates, lower stock prices, and aging Baby Boomers. It’s been years since annuities were able to offer…

Dear Quentin, I’ve been married 26 years, and my husband and my father have never really gotten along well. At some point in the near future,…

Dear Quentin, I bought my home in California for $520,000 in 2017. It’s now worth $980,000. In 2019, I met my now-wife who moved in at…

Samantha and Michael Bahil had about $50,000 of car and student debt between them when they took out a $20,000 loan for their wedding.After the wedding,…