The gigantic Mega Millions lottery jackpot is history. Three tickets contained the winning numbers that were drawn on Friday night. The owners of those tickets will split an estimated $656 million prize. If you were among the tens of millions of Americans who purchased tickets last week in the run-up to Friday night’s drawing, your [...]
Long before you go house hunting, you need to determine how much house you can afford based your financial goals and your plans to achieve them. You must determine this for yourself. If you don’t, one of two things will happen: (1) You will fall in love with a house and then try to figure [...]
In over 30 years of marriage, Rosa and I have experienced 5 distinct stages in our financial life together. Each stage represents a milestone in our journey to financial independence. Stage 1: Recovery Rosa and I came together and married after each of us had lived through a failed first marriage. Those marriages had left [...]

