“It’s time to update your FAFSA,” read the first line of the email, and I was reminded of a story I read last year at this time about funding for college. Last year I had two children attending and this year all three, so the cost of tuition, books and board is daunting. In writing…
This time of year the W-2 and 1099 forms are showing up in the mailbox and email as that first of the year reminder that tax time will be here soon. If ever there should be a time for relief it would be in January, after we’ve all just spent a year’s budget on the…
Over the past few months there have been too many times when friends and family members have lost loved ones, or there have been obituaries in the paper of people much too young to pass. The reality is we can’t plan for our passing any more than we can change what happened yesterday. What we…
You went through the Healthcare.gov Marketplace, called your AC Financial Adviser and bought your healthcare coverage, but is that all you need? When it comes down to it, paying deductibles and coinsurance payments can be overwhelming. Then throw in even a one day hospital stay, with an average cost of $1,200 to $2,200 or an…