In many parts of the country kids are already back at school and the rest of the children will be starting right after Labor Day. While the college football season is kicking off, most families don’t realize that applying for free financial aid is literally right around the corner for 2018. The problem is that most […]
Have you experienced the same thing at home that I have been experiencing over the past few years. As you plan out great family vacations, wonderful dinners, and cool birthday activities, you often find conversations about how one of your kid’s friends always seem to be doing something better? I guess part of this has never really changed. No matter […]
One of the worst feelings in the world is to worry about retirement especially after you have retired. Recently, I sat down with someone who kept telling me they worried about running out of money. The fear was so real that it was preventing them from even enjoying the few trips and vacations they were taking during retirement. The […]
The Economist reported in June 2014 that U.S. student loan debt exceeded $1.2 trillion, with over 7 million debtors in default.
Public universities increased their fees by a total of 27% over the five years ending in 2012, or 20% adjusted for inflation. Public university students paid an average of almost $8,400 annually […]
The truth is that more people are struggling with cash flow issues in their finances than they do with their investment assets. The challenge is that we often blow our money in places where we don’t even realize it is going out the back door. $20 here…$100 there…it can seem at times that we are […]
When it comes to retirement, many people talk about how much of a lump sum they will need to make work optional. They discuss their future plans full of travel, golf, grandchildren, and giving back to charity. We often hear of the dreams of starting the business they always wanted to run and starting the volunteer work […]
Growing up in a small town, we used to handle all our own chores. There were no cleaning services that came to the house, no extra special coaches for lessons (the high school coach did it all), and nobody brought groceries to the house. People banter about the impact of technology and how that has affected our society, but […]
There are more people I meet every day who tell me that they aren’t planning to retire early, but instead enjoy life a little bit more and succumb to the fact that they are going to have to work later into their lives. While on the surface this all seems fine and dandy, the harsh reality […]
OWNER, ATLANTA FURNITURE TAXI
Wardrobe: Shirt, pants (Ted Baker), shoes (Diesel) and watch (Michael Kors), Bloomingdale’s
Brookhaven’s Aaron Polk is used to people doing a double take when he tells them he runs his own moving business, Atlanta Furniture Taxi. “I am the only quadriplegic in the world who owns a moving company,” claims Polk. “People are always surprised to find I have my own […]
Buckhead’s Cara Kneer is a morning television fixture
Growing up in the small town of Covington, Indiana, Cara Kneer longed to be a Broadway performer one day. Her parents were supportive of her dreams but did rein her in a bit and eventually steered her to a more realistic job—in journalism.
These days, she’s an experienced, versatile broadcast journalist who can be seen weekday mornings as a host […]
