Image via Wikipedia Seeing your children grow up is one of lifes most wonderful things - but as they get bigger, so do their health care costs. From broken bones to child psychologists, there are a lot of medical professionals that your child might need while growing up, and the costs can quickly mount into the thousands - having to find money while your child is sick makes a stressful event even worse. Budgeting for growing health costs can help you to avoid this, and make you confident that should your child get sick, you are fully covered. Make a household budget. List all your … [Read more...]
Being a Homeowner – The American Dream
Say what you want about the convenience and rentals and the ever-dropping quality of housing and tough mortgage payments, but the fact remains: being a homeowner is a good thing. Ask any American. It's almost like the crowning achievement of financial prosperity, for God's sake! After paying upteenth million dollars of rent to places you can never update or add-on or even sell for profit, when you actually reach your hand out to receive your very first house keys, it truly is a wonderful feeling--the American Dream even. This feeling has been around since the 1930s, and it's been full … [Read more...]