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Avoiding Common Health Insurance Mistakes

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If you’re shopping for health insurance, it’s essential that you select the right plan for you and your family. Health insurance is a very important part of being able to obtain health care at an affordable cost, and if you don’t select the right plan, you could be struggling to find a doctor that will see you or you could be on the hook to pay for the care you need. To help you make the best choices, be sure to avoid the following mistakes when shopping for health insurance.

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Big Costly Decisions: Are You Ready to Take on a Mortgage?

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Buying a home is the biggest single purchase most people will make in their entire lives and so it is also an opportunity to make one of the biggest mistakes as people learned beginning in 2008. Up until then the new millenium only included rising home prices and so even a bad deal would come out good if you waited long enough. But then according to RealtyTrac, in 2007 the tide began to turn and over a million foreclosure filings were recorded.

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Be Sure Your Family is Secure Physically and Financially

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As parents, we all want our homes and family to be well protected. Ensuring the well-being of your family is your ultimate goal as a parent. However, we can’t always be present to make sure this happens. As a result, home security systems and certain types of insurance coverage can help to ensure the safety of everyone and everything under your roof.

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How to Take Charge of Your Money

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People often think that the only way to accumulate wealth is to be frugal and make lots of sacrifices. However, accumulating wealth doesn’t always demand that you live a sparse life; rather, it requires that you use what you have efficiently (waste less) and spend less than you earn (save more). The path to reaching your financial goals starts with understanding how best to put your assets to work for you.

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4 Tips For Saving Enough For A New Family Car

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Saving for a new car can be difficult, but it’s important to keep the benefits of saving in mind. According to Forbes, it’s easier to save if you keep the “future you” in mind while cutting corners now to save for the future. You’ll thank yourself after you’ve saved a chunk of money for the down payment for your new car because it will make your monthly payments much more affordable than if you had no down payment at all. Having a smaller monthly payment will ease your finances and help you save interest on the loan so it’s a win-win. The more you save the better off you’ll be. Even better is to drive a clunker until you can afford to pay for your entire car it avoids paying interest and actually has your bank paying you interest (as small as it may be) while you are saving.

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