Savings Corner

APRIL 4, 2024

Christina Zelow Lundquist/ Getty Images; Illustration by Austin Courregé/Bankrate Key takeaways Cash-out refinancing allows you to turn equity into cash through refinancing your mortgage. The terms of your refinanced mortgage might significantly differ from your original loan, including a new rate or longer or shorter loan term.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 24, 2021

They can cause a panic, especially when just one bill is into the four figures, like our property taxes or auto insurance! Our home owner’s insurance, auto insurance, and local real-estate taxes (for our home and our business property) are due, and on top of that, there have been years where we also owed the Federal government.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Taxes – How can you minimize your tax bill and ensure the money is there when you need it? Good budgeting is the “blocking and tackling” of good financial habits, and you can really only build wealth when your spending is below your income. Do you want to build wealth? Minimize taxes? Retire wealthy?

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Withdrawing from a checking account is most straightforward because there are no tax implications, as there may be with a brokerage account or withdrawal limits that a high-yield savings account would have. It can be psychological, says Tess Downing, a San Antonio-based financial planner.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Today at age 50+, I still optimize our cash flow, but my focus is shifting towards saving with our daughters’ future education costs, building our net worth, and planning for our retirement years. We have been in our home for over 20 years and I’ve refinanced for better rates at least five times, mostly for free.

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