Simply stated, if you can't make your payments, can't sell and can't refinance, you're flirting with foreclosure. Here's what to do.

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Right now our economy is a little like the wild west. Sometimes it seems like there's no rules. Or that whoever has the most guns get to make their own rules. So we might be wise to learn something from that old gunslinger and watch carefully what happens around us. We might keep our finances from an early burial.

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I heard an interesting thought the other day. It was that crisis reminds of us of what's important.

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Hidden fees lurk where there’s money to be made — phone bills and plane tickets, to name a couple. Here’s how to put your foot down.
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Before I had kids of my own, I remember watching a very indulged little boy who was around five years old open present after present. I vowed that one day, when we had kids, we would simplify our holidays to the point that we didn’t have to say “love and joy” through giving too many pricey gifts!
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