by Lori Atwood | Apr 19, 2016 | Financial Fitness
I’ve spoken about this before: where people go off the rails on their household finances is when they do not have a small Rainy Day Fund for things like brake jobs and root canals AND when they over spend on discretionary items. Today we’re talking about discretionary...
by Lori Atwood | Sep 9, 2015 | College Savings & Financial Aid, Financial Fitness
It’s just after Labor Day weekend. Fall is in the air, stores are already selling Halloween candy and your college student may have just left for college a few days or weeks ago. Do you think your college student knows how to manage his/her money at school? Whether...
by Lori Atwood | Aug 6, 2014 | College Savings & Financial Aid, Financial Fitness
You don’t want your kids to be burdened with huge loans when they graduate college. That’s great, but you cannot handle the burden of the loans either. You have to then go to your children’s grandparents for loans or gifts to relieve the monthly student loan payment...