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  • Sep 12, 2008

    Under One Roof?

    Question: After the death of my father, my siblings and I discussed one of us living closer to mom. She lives in SoCal and the cost of living is…

  • Question: My parents gave me a check to help with debt reduction. I am somewhat overwhelmed with the possible uses for this check. I have a loan…

  • Sep 10, 2008

    Emergency savings?

    Question: I'm a 28 year old full-time graduate student, married, and proud parent of one son. I receive stipend from school which is not much and…

  • Question: On your show on 9/6/08, two families got together to hire a child care provider. Do these families need to pay social security tax and…

  • Question: Can you recommend a good online budgeting tool? Suzanne, Thiensville,WI…

  • Question: My 23 year old son applied for a credit card and was turned down because of "lack of credit history." We had held a joint credit card…

  • Question: I signed up for an extended warranty for my car. It has 75,000, the warranty costs $3000 and will cover me for 60,000 more miles. I asked…

  • Sep 3, 2008

    Capital Gains

    Question: Hello! I'm 39 years old and was gifted a large amount of shares of Weyerhaeuser stock when my dad died 38 years ago. I recently got…

  • Aug 29, 2008

    Sell the Farm?

    Question: My mother, (who is in a nursing home in ND with dementia) and I own as a life estate/remainder, approx 150 tillable acres of North Dakota…

  • Question: I am 66 years old, retired in Feb 08, and my portfolio is down by about 30% since then. I have not withdrawn from the investments….

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