The tax man is coming!

The tax man is around the corner; look!  Do you see him?  Hide everyone, hide! Nonsense, don’t fear the “tax man”, aka the IRS.  April 15th is coming soon and the 2013 tax return needs to be filed unless an extension is in place which moves the date to October 15th of...

Life Settlement Market

Are you up to speed on the emerging life settlement market? What is a life settlement? How do I get started? Follow the link below to see the 5 easy steps and don’t hesitate to reach out to Tom with any questions....

Are you a "financial enabler"?

Are you a “financial enabler”? Do you have kids that perceive you as “the bank of mom or dad”? If that could be you or sounds familiar, take notice. “Real love” isn’t tossing money at your kids to help them through financial misdeeds and bad decisions, especially if...

Life insurance "cash out"

Have you come to a place where you are considering selling your life insurance policy? Maybe you have already contacted your insurance company and you were shocked to find out how little they were willing to give you to “cash out”. There are other avenues...

Do your finances control you?

The “tiger by the tail”? Huh? What’s that phrase got to do with my personal financial ideas and situation? A bunch actually, a whole bunch to be sure. Over my 34 years of being a financial counselor, most people I’ve found let their finances grab or control them...

Budgeting gets a "bad rap"

Budgeting gets a “bad rap”.  Poor, poor Mr. Budget!  He has the worst reputation that an intangible object or concept could ever have.  Everyone hates him, but they don’t really know or understand him.  If he were alive he’d say, “try me – oh please give me a shot!”...