by Lori Atwood | Feb 1, 2023 | Financial Fitness, House Buying
There are 2 items that go into knowing the right property value range you should focus on for your household: The down payment needed to avoid PMI and secure a reasonable monthly payment The monthly payment you will have to pay. You can see that they are related. ...
by Lori Atwood | Nov 13, 2022 | Financial Fitness, Personal Negotiation, Saving: Retirement & Other
Getting a divorce is an enormous upheaval in anyone’s life and with enormous upheavals usually come big bills. Try to keep in mind the following Do’s and Don’ts even if you really can’t think at all during this tumultuous time. DO: make a list of all expenses on a...
by Lori Atwood | Oct 30, 2022 | Financial Fitness, Personal Negotiation
I thought I’d write about this topic because I just had to return my leased car and I get questions about this pretty frequently. Generally, when it comes to cars, I have 3 rules, from a financial perspective: Only buy used (one to 4 years used) and keep it for at...
by Lori Atwood | Mar 26, 2022 | Financial Fitness, Saving: Retirement & Other, Teaching Children about Personal Finance
Hi all, We are handing the reins for our blog post this month to Jason Ross, A Fearless Finance Associate located in NJ. He is an hourly, fee-based, fiduciary planner, who enjoys helping people understand their household finances. If you want to hear more from Jason...
by Lori Atwood | Feb 12, 2022 | Financial Fitness, Saving: Retirement & Other
For my last post before summer break (I will be back posting in September, as usual), I want to talk about the saying, “no good deed goes unpunished.” That old saw holds up in personal finance, too, in that there is a lot of great advice out there, but...