Finances
Recovering From Foreclosure – How to Pick Up the Pieces After Losing a Home
Selling your house can be painful; losing your home because of foreclosure is heartbreaking. If you’re recovering from foreclosure, you may find these tips on picking up the pieces after losing your home helpful.
“We’re meeting with lots of couples in this situation and seeing the stress this huge upheaval can cause in a relationship,” say “The [...]
19Mar2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
How to Find a Great Real Estate Agent to Help You Buy a New Home
To find the real estate agent who is helping us buy a new home, I followed specific steps that worked like a dream! If you’re in the market for a new home, these tips for picking a great realtor will help you find someone who will not only work hard for you, but who you’ll love working with…
Before the tips, [...]
How to Repair a Bad Credit Rating After Paying Credit Card Debt
If you’re debt free thanks to good financial planning (such as debt consolidation), you may now wonder how to repair your credit report. These tips for repairing a bad credit rating are based on a question from a reader who worked with a credit counseling service to pay off her debt…
“Four years ago I turned all [...]
15Mar2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
Can’t Pay the Bills? How to Combine All Debt Into One Monthly Payment
“Debt consolidation” is just a fancy way of saying “combine all your debts into one big debt or monthly payment.” If you can’t pay your bills, consolidating your debt may be the easiest way out from under that stack of credit card bills, medical care costs, mortgage payments, and so on.
“Debt is a serious problem [...]
9Mar2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
How to Lend Your Adult Children Money – 6 Money Tips for Parents
Does your adult child need to borrow money? These six money tips will help parents decide if and how to lend money to grown kids, what to expect in terms of repayment, and how to avoid financial miscommunications and conflict.
”Every parent knows that our care and concern for our children doesn’t stop when they hit adulthood,” [...]
2Mar2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
6 Ways to Increase Your Money IQ and Attract Financial Abundance
The more you know about personal finance (your money IQ), the greater your chances of attracting financial abundance into your life! Here are six practical ways to learn more about money so you can create wealth in your life…
“Women will always be dependant until she holds a purse of her own.” ~ Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Whether [...]
Overcome Financial Stress – 6 Surprising Tips for Managing Money Problems
If you’re dealing with debt or a financial crisis, you need to reduce your stress level before you can effectively manage your money problems. These are effective, expert-endorsed tips for lowering your financial stress level – which will help you solve your money woes!
Before the tips, a quip:
“Only when the last tree has died and the last river been [...]
26Feb2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 5 comments | Continued
8 Ways to Save Money on Pet Care Costs – Pet Tips
If you own a cat, dog, or other animal, you know how fast pet care costs can add up – especially if your dog or cat is sick and you’re on a budget! These eight ways to save money on pet care costs will keep your dog or cat healthy and help you achieve your [...]
15Feb2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 3 comments | Continued
6 Tips for Helping Your Spouse Through Financial Difficulties
Credit card debt, steep mortgage loans, and large medical bills are financial difficulties that cause stress for married and common-law couples. These tips for helping your spouse through money problems can help strengthen your marriage – even in the worst of times.
Surprisingly, an overly supportive husband or wife can have a detrimental effect on a [...]
2Feb2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 3 comments | Continued
5 Financial Goals Couples Should Never Set
If you want to achieve your financial goals as a couple, you need to set the right goals for spending and saving money! These tips are from “The Money Couple”, who describe what spouses should not do when they’re thinking about creating wealth for the future.
Before the tips, a quip:
“I have enough money to last me the rest of my [...]
5Jan2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 1 comment | Continued
