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Life Insurance » Is surviving wife required to pay off mortgage with life insurance
NO, only if you listed your mortgage company as a beneficiary, else she can use it as she pleases. more...

Life Insurance » Should I cancel my life insurance policy to pay off credit cards
Depending on your debt to income ratio you might want to cash in the policy's and use $$ for down payment, then buy term insurance and invest the difference of more...

Retirement Planning » What to put excess money in inside of retirement account
Look at the history of your index funds, preferably after 1981, '87, '93. Since your 32 and don't need the money currently, invest for the long term. Good job o more...

Asset Protection » What assets can a creditor get if I am unable to pay off loan
Your question raises the question as to recourse and non-recourse debt. With non-recourse debt, the lender can only look to the loan collateral (i.e., the more...

Retirement Planning » Transferring old 401K assets to an existing SEP-IRA
No but you can transfer them to a tradition IRA. more...

Asset Protection » What should we convert these CD's into
It depends on how many years you have left on the CDs. Either way you will pay a penalty when moving them. You only other option would be to move them into a fi more...

Real Estate » Is now the time to buy our first home
Unfortunately, there isn't a simple answer to this question. The markets, financing, and future outlook for housing are just too turbulent. Personally, I t more...

Retirement Planning » What to do about dwindling retirement
I can't give you specific investment advice, as I -- and everyone else -- cannot judge the market given the current uncertainties. Personally, I have decided t more...

Investments » Withdrawing from the stock market
Im sorry your investments are going down. Depending on how much money you have and what it is invested in: stocks or mutual funds, I would move half into a mone more...

Investments » Should I hold or sell given the rocky markets
Go back and look at the history of these investments, yes it will come back. If you move to a CD then you have guaranteed the loss. Right now it is a "paper los more...

Retirement Planning » Using 401k savings to pay off mortage
Right now there is a lot of help for people being laid off. Call your mortgage company and explain the details. You never want to pull money from 401k, that's t more...

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