Should Parents Save Towards College or Retirement?

Recently, I posted a simple question on Facebook: “What’s the biggest personal finance struggle you have currently?” My goal was to check the pulse of what real people were dealing with when it comes to important decisions about money. Thankfully, I received many good responses that may be the inspiration for future posts, but one [...]

How to Graduate Debt Free

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As we have conversations with clients about the high cost of sending their kids to college, one of the things we try to point out is that if you are willing to work at it, there are ways to drastically cut the “ticker price” of a college education. If you are willing to go in-state, [...]

Should Your Teenager Get a Summer Job?

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source: SATprepaventura.com Recently, Jon Houk had a discussion with a client about planning for college for high school age teenagers, and since Jon has three college age kids of his own, you might say he speaks from some personal experience. One of the things he suggested was to look at doing SAT prep work in the summers. [...]