You often have to choose how to balance your savings between “liquid” cash, paying off bills, saving for retirement or college and paying down the mortgage. If the Great Recession has demonstrated anything, it’s that home equity is a poor choice. You can find out a lot more about this in previous blog posts. I’ve [...]
Most every financial adviser, financial book, or financial ‘guru’ will suggest that you need an emergency fund. I agree with that, in fact, I place that as the highest priority in my StartwiththeHouse system. Where a lot of people fall short is determining how much should be in an emergency fund and where should that [...]
