You probably know that your credit score could affect your life in many ways — from the apartment you rent to the interest rate on your car loan. But there are a few credit score myths that you — or your friends or family — may not know aren’t true. For example, marrying someone with bad credit … Continued
No one cares as much about your money as you do, but never asking for help can be dangerous — and expensive. In a previous column, I detailed the hazards of trying to do your own estate plan and how problems often aren’t apparent until it’s too late to fix them. The following financial tasks also … Continued
In any kind of lending, the organization giving the money wants to be sure that the borrower can actually afford to pay it back. Since a mortgage is typically the largest loan that a home buyer will have, lenders find it important to confirm that a borrower is not taking on too much debt. They … Continued