Do You Want to Live in a Gated Community?
A while back, a friend invited me to participate with her in the annual garage sale event of a local gated golf community. In between greeting and selling to the garage sale shoppers, we...
Category: having it
How to Earn Money After You Die
Did you know that Forbes has a list of top earning dead celebrates? Thirteen dead stars earned a combined amount over half a BILLION dollars, after they died, just in the past 12 months....
What Wealth Brings
Most Americans love rags to riches stories. Perhaps you are starting on your journey to your first million. Have you ever wondered what it will be like when you get there? What does wealth...
Cut Your Tax Bill
With the Federal deficit and national debt so high, the US government is looking for as many ways to gather money as possible and that will continue into the foreseeable future. Unfortunately, the tax...
The Role of Advisers in a Wealthy Family
Life can get more complicated when you have wealth. Finding ways to manage and grow the family wealth can be time consuming and complex. Finding ways to protect that wealth can also be harder....
Renewal
Last week our extended family marked the 90th birthday of our eldest family member. We all drove across the state to join in the celebration of the day. As part of the dinner, I...
When is the Cost of a Conference or Seminar Worth the Price?
Recently I signed up to go to a Financial Bloggers Conference – FinCon13. This is the 3rd year Phil has organized the conference for all of we financial bloggers. Spending the money to go...
Teaching Self-Sufficiency is Harder than Helping
Tying your 4 year old’s shoe is easier than teaching her how and listening to her cry with frustration each time she struggles with the task. But, do you want to be tying her...
The Downside of Wealth
You think “If I just had more money, everything would be OK”. Past a certain point, however, more money can be more trouble than fun. Being wealthy is not for the feint of heart....
How to Teach Your Kid About the Stock Market
In November, I gave some picks for all of you on the best buys for teaching children about money. Since I had already used the ideas I gave you, I had to come up...
