Author: Jacob Harris

Taking out life insurance is one of the best ways to financially protect your children should something unforeseen happen to you. And, when you're ...

Author: Jacob Harris

The cliché of a hard-working patriarch coming home to a doting housewife has come and gone, but the reality of income inequality between the gende...

Author: Jacob Harris

A reverse mortgage allows seniors to obtain a loan by using their home as collateral. It's a popular choice that provides cash to help homeowners w...

Author: Jacob Harris

There is perhaps no single word in the financial dictionary that triggers as much fear and trepidation as the word audit. Many taxpayers have night...

Author: Jacob Harris

Las Vegas – known as the Entertainment Capital of the World – hosted 41,126,512 visitors in 2014, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Vis...

Author: Jacob Harris

It is no secret that starting any business from scratch comes with difficulties. If you dream of owning a coffee shop, however, with hard work, ext...

Author: Jacob Harris

When you get a new job, one of the many pieces of paper your employer will ask you to complete is IRS form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Ce...

Author: Jacob Harris

When it comes time for people to borrow money, there are many choices available. Borrowers can go to a bank for a traditional fixed or variable-rat...

Author: Jacob Harris

Over half of all tax returns are filed online as millions of Americans turn to online filing solutions to satisfy their obligations with the federa...

Author: Jacob Harris

Following the Great Depression of 1929, few families were able to purchase homes, and many who had previously owned homes lost them to forced sales...

Author: Jacob Harris

When Marlene Stocks first got into the business of helping older people through the tough transition of downsizing and relocating, most of her clie...

Author: Jacob Harris

Each year, the Federal Housing Finance Agency sets the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Under the...

Author: Jacob Harris

Thinking of buying a home? There are plenty of perks. You can decorate it as you would like; you can put in a killer home theater system or perfect...

Author: Jacob Harris

Internet scams are constantly evolving. Much of the $190 billion raked in each year by credit card fraud comes from online schemes. As long as ther...

Author: Jacob Harris

Maybe you're getting close to retirement or you've changed jobs. If you have a 401(k), you're faced with an important decision: Do you keep it wher...

Author: Jacob Harris

Do you have your sights set on retiring in Asia? Not long ago, Investopedia profiled the 10 Best Countries to Retire to in 2016. Now we've narrowed...

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