Personal Financial Advice from a former Certified Financial Planner
Unclaimed property Utah refers to abandoned financial assets such as uncashed checks, forgotten bank accounts, and security deposit refunds. The state of Utah, like many others, has a system in place to reunite owners with their lost or forgotten assets. The Utah Unclaimed Property Division is responsible for safeguarding and returning unclaimed …
Each year, millions of dollars in unclaimed assets in Wyoming are turned over to the state by banks, businesses, and other organizations. These assets can include uncashed checks, abandoned bank accounts, and forgotten stock holdings. Wyoming Unclaimed Property Division acts as a custodian, taking responsibility for the safekeeping of these …
Like most states, the Great Payback Colorado program lets citizens search for Colorado unclaimed property for free. When you find Colorado unclaimed funds, or your Colorado lost property, you can look for payback. The Great Colorado Payback With a bit of corny name, the State of Colorado hopes to catch …
Why would you need credit bureau phone numbers? Your credit score is a critical component of your financial wellbeing. Your credit score is computed from the information in one of your credit reports. Those credit reports are maintained by the major credit bureaus. If there is an issue with your …
Credit Karma made waves when it started offering free credit scores online. At first, many people, including me, were worried that the whole thing was just a big Credit Karma scam. However, after doing some research into whether Credit Karma is legit and even doing an in-depth CreditKarma.com review, I …
Text message scams are nothing new, but they used to be really obvious. Like anything else, scammers evolve to keep getting paid. Innocent Texts from a Friend Came across a news story today that finally answers a question of mine. About a year ago, I got a text from “Steve.” …
Over at MarketWatch recently, was an interesting article entitled Make Your Kid Rich for $1 a Day. I’ll let you go over there and read the particulars if you are interested. However, I think that the concept provides a great way to study the phenomenon of compound interest, and the …
I’ve heard of a lot of people turning to side hustle gigs like Amazon Flex as a way to make extra money for saving, investing, financial independence, or retirement planning. Is Amazon Flex worth it to make extra money for investing or saving? That depends a lot on where you …
A FAFSA scam is a bad way to start off your hunt for financial aid. If you, or someone you know, is going to college, or starting at a university, then chances are you need to apply for financial aid. Even if you don’t think you’ll qualify, there are often …
There is a lot of phony information out there about improving your credit score. There is also a lot of information that once worked, but doesn’t anymore, things like disputing everything on your credit report. So, what is the real way on how to improve your credit score? What Is …