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How to Prioritize Your Debt
Covering your essentials and tackling financially-damaging debt Please Note: This article contains affiliate links. If you click on those links, I may receive compensation. When it comes to managing debt, single moms have extra struggles to deal with....
5 Reasons to Avoid Reverse Mortgages – Especially If You Need the Money
Please Note: This article contains affiliate links. If you click on those links, I may receive compensation. If you're a senior who’s feeling financially insecure, you may be considering a reverse mortgage. But please don’t. Reverse mortgages sound like easy...
How to Open a Roth IRA in Under 30 Minutes
You need to do this today. Single moms – women in general, actually – are waaayyyyyy behind when it comes to retirement savings. We all have plenty of reasons for this… but when we’re 80 and out of money, those reasons won’t matter at all. So today we are going to...
Get Ready for Smaller Paychecks Starting January 1
The Payroll Tax “Holiday” Comes Due Next Year You’re may be getting bigger paychecks now that the President’s “payroll tax holiday” has started. If you are, you need to prepare yourself for a big drop in pay starting on January 1, 2021. That’s because the payroll tax...
Avoid Target-Date Retirement Fund Traps
What you don’t know about target-date funds can hurt you Note: This article contains affiliate links. I may receive compensation if you click on them. Thank you for your support. When your to-do list is already a mile too long, it’s tempting to go the easiest ways to...