Today’s post is about the need for critical thinking. This is something that is not taught in schools and is a severe shortcoming in most people’s education and lives. When it comes to money many people take the opinions of others at face value without any critical thinking. As an example, when a bank offers […]

Are you considering a home improvement project this year? From my Realtor friend, Jay McHugh, here is some information on how to pay for home improvements – if you plan to do this at some point. Maybe out of necessity you might need a new roof or fence — or you might want more space […]

Just like you might have found on Facebook, there are fake people creating profiles on LinkedIn. With 830 million members, LinkedIn is one of the largest platforms to find a job or make a business connection. The fake profiles might be a small number, like 1000 out of the millions of real people on the […]

With summer upon us, you may be planning some travel, and I found a cool way to get good deals on hotel rooms. You might already know about this, but I didn’t. I was so pleased I shared it with my wife, and she said this is already what she does. When it is time […]

One reader suggested I talk about one of the most personally painful scams. This one is worse than losing money or feeling embarrassed. This one is close to being personally violated in addition to losing money. This is the Facebook or other social network scam where someone reaches out to a single person, a woman […]