Hopefully last week’s blog post helped you understand generally how financial aid works and when you should start doing what. This week, let’s dig into specific strategies and tactics you can use to maximize your child’s financial aid.Continue reading
And in this corner, striking terror, hope, and confusion in parents’ hearts for years: College financial aid!Continue reading
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Expenses > Income for too longContinue reading
I’d like to think that 401(k)s at high-tech companies would be inexpensive to administer, provide employee-friendly interfaces, and be full of broadly-diversified, low-cost funds. Continue reading
Most of what we hear about the cost of college is How High it is and How Early and How Much you’d better save if you want to send your kids. It’s as if the collective consciousness has forgotten that an equation always has two sides.
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A friend accused me of “skirting the issue” in a previous blog post about homes in high-cost-of-living areas. Continue reading
“529s, sure. State-tax deduction, okay. But really, How much should I save?”
Last week’s blog talked about the various college savings vehicles you have to choose from. Today’s choice: Which 529 plan should you use?Continue reading