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#499 Serial Entrepreneurs Venture And Venture Again

There are entrepreneurs, and then there are serial entrepreneurs. The process of coming up with a business idea and successfully implementing it involves risk. It's difficult to accurately gauge the market and the competitive landscape, come up with a successful business idea, hire the right peop... see more

#491 Credit Cards For People With Bad Credit

Consumers with poor credit scores were once locked out of the credit card game. But lenders are beginning to court those whose low scores once typed them as too risky to be offered a credit card.In the first quarter of 2014, 3.7 million subprime borrowers – those with a FICO credit score... see more

#371 5 Home Remodels That Increase Resale Price

If you're considering improvements to your home this winter, first consider which will pay the most back when you sell the home down the road. (See: Selling Your House? Avoid These Mistakes.) Remodeling Magazine recently released its 2015 Cost vs. Value Report, which outlines the 35 most popular... see more

#293 How To Expand Your Business Internationally

Even with a good idea, finding success with a new business is not always a given. It is generally estimated that 80%-90% of startups fail. However, for the companies that succeed, expansion can be a logical strategy for building brand recognition and increasing sales, and with the rapid growth of... see more

#211 Is the Hamptons Real Estate Market Getting Too Hot?

When you begin to see real estate tracking services like Curbed reporting second quarter slippage from the previous heady quarter in the Hamptons, is it time to head for the hills, double down or hunker down? Investing in real estate in the Hamptons is a little like investing in very high... see more

#155 Car Insurance Rates Too High? Check the Record

Maybe you applied for car insurance recently, and to your surprise and dismay, you kept getting quotes that were much higher than you expected. Or, perhaps your car insurance premiums jumped dramatically, even though your driving record hasn't changed.Before you simply accept the higher qu... see more

#103 Student Debt Passes $1 Trillion: Is College Worth the Investment?

The United States has historically prided itself on its strong secondary education system. A college degree used to be the ticket to a promising career, a fast track to the American Dream.But as the cost of tuition rises faster than any other commodity in the U.S. over the past few decades... see more

#98 Should I Go To Grad School After College?

Despite the occasional dropout who goes on to fame and fortune – Gates, Jobs and Zuckerberg, to name three – for most of us, the relationship between more education and better career prospects is clear-cut. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, each step up in education me... see more

#90 FHA Loans: An Option for Manufactured Homes, Too

The tightening of mortgage-lending standards over the past few years has made the goal of home ownership tougher for the average borrower. But despite their modest cost, it can be even harder if you're interested in purchasing a manufactured home.The main reason is that fewer banks are in ... see more

#48 File Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

There's nothing more disheartening than the feeling that you're in a financial hole from which you can't dig yourself out. When it becomes clear that – even with extreme measures – you won't be able to get caught up on overdue bills, it may be time to make a fresh start.For many Americ... see more

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