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Lean Thinking for Better Business Operations
Here’s how small businesses can adopt lean principles to achieve smart, sustainable growth.
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Ransomware: What Business Owners Need to Know
Find out what ransomware is, the threat it presents to small businesses, and how you can defend against it.
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Hidden Money in Your House
Home equity is a resource you can borrow against to pay off debt or make investments that help your money grow.
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Spring Housing Market 2023: The Neighborhood Minute June 2023
The spring housing market usually heats up along with the temps, but buyers entering the market this season will be dealing with more than just inventory issues. Additionally, home prices don’t seem to be budging anytime soon, causing most buyers to stick even closer to their budgets. Read on to find out how mortgage affordability and housing supply will affect both buyers and sellers this season, along with up-to-the-minute housing market predictions.
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Home Prices Dip as Mortgage Rates Climb | The Neighborhood Minute May 2023
As we put the early part of 2023 behind us, it’s easy to see the housing market is fighting a tug-of-war battle among high inflation, steep interest rates and recession fears. Mortgage rates continue to fluctuate minimally, despite these uncertainties and the Federal Reserve’s recent hike in March.
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5 Estate Planning Essentials for Entrepreneurs
It’s a task that lots of busy entrepreneurs put off. But crafting a comprehensive estate plan is essential.
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Help Keep the Peace Over Your Estate: 9 Tips
Americans transfer approximately $400 billion in wealth through inheritance each year. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wealth transfer is an important source of home and business ownership. That can be a lot to fight about. You can help by making your decisions clear to your children.
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Unconventional Investment Wisdom
To make investing seem easier, a number of “rules of thumb” have evolved over the years. Such rules have a basis in experience, but they tend to oversimplify the dynamics and challenges of sound portfolio management. Here are some examples.
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5 Advantages of Semi-Retirement
Whether you want more financial freedom or a renewed sense of purpose, working a part-time job during retirement offers benefits everyone can appreciate.
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How to Thrive in the 3 Phases of Financial Life
Whether we know it or not, we all go through three phases in our financial life: accumulation, preservation, and distribution. Learning about these phases can help you plan for retirement and protect your assets.
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How a 20 year old can save $1 million by age 65
If you want a happy retirement, aiming to save $1 million dollars for it is a good start.
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Bad Tax Advice on Social Media
Every year the IRS publishes a “dirty dozen” tax scams that taxpayers should avoid. A new one was added this year: Getting tax advice from social media. The Service reported on two specific bad suggestions that have been observed circulating on social media, and warns that either of them could lead to tax penalties.