Remember pre-Great Recession, circa 2008, when gas prices shot up from under $2 per gallon to over $4?
People were scared and PISSED! Used Prius’s were selling for over the MSRP of new ones (because you …

Just another sunny, 75-degree early evening in March in Michigan… OK, that’s not so normal…
Clouds started to roll in quickly. The skies started to turn grey. Then thunder. Lots of thunder. Weird thunder. Non-stop rumbles …

We’re only a few weeks away from the tax deadline. That means a whole lot of procrastinators (myself included) are going to be filing their taxes any day now.
If you are due a refund, the …

I recently received my Chase Freedom bonus check for charging $500 ($508 to be exact) in 3 months, and deposited it right into my checking account.
If you have or will get the Freedom card, a …

When you go to buy your first home, the topic of private mortgage insurance (PMI) will assuredly come up.
It’s a dirty little three-letter acronym associated with your pending mortgage that you should know inside out.
Why?
What …

Under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, enacted this past week in a rare bi-partisan support (293 to 132 vote in the house), you will continue to pay 32% less …