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Six Investment Types Your Family Should be Making

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Building a balanced investment portfolio may sound like a daunting task. But with the abundance of helps, resources, and learning tools available today, this essential task does not have to be stressful. In fact, learning about investing can be fun, especially as you make your first investments, watch your savings grow and your worries shrink! Here are the six basic investment types you and your family should add to your investment repertoire.

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5 Mortgage Management Strategies for 2017

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The year 2016 was the best of the current decade for the American housing and mortgage markets, but economists are not expecting 2017 to be an encore year in this regard. The strong demand seen in the last few years for mortgage loans will taper off in 2017, and the cost of borrowing money will become greater due to interest rate increases planned by the Federal Reserve. Based on the above, it will be in your best interest to get your mortgage under control in 2017. Here are five strategies you can implement to make this happen.

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Post-Holiday Financial Blues: How To Make A Recovery After The Holidays

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The holidays are a strain to most peoples’ bank accounts as they spend money giving gifts and being festive. You’re likely no exception and might find yourself feeling extra stressed out financially once the New Year starts and you realize how the holidays affected your spending and budgeting. Take measures to help yourself recover and get back on track to your goal of being financially responsible by spending less and saving more.

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More Than a Fixer-Upper: 5 Major Issues That Will Kill Your Home Sale

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Though many people want a move-in ready home, others are willing to buy a house that needs a little work to get a break on the price and a chance to build equity. However, there’s a big difference between a fixer-upper and a money pit so the majority of buyers require a professional home inspection before completing the sale. Here are four major issues that can spook buyers or kill your final home sale price.

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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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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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