Mrs. C. and I bought an investment property back in November for $19,000. In January all of the local government taxing authorities send out an updated yearly assessment on real estate for tax purposes. When I received ours for this property my jaw hit the floor. They had it assessed …
Since I am targeting early retirement I have been asked multiple times how I can make that happen because everyone knows you can’t retire until you are 59 1/2, or 62, or 67 (like there is some sort of law against it). Because of this misinformation I have collected together …
I do a lot of planning for my taxes, so much so that it feels obsessive at times. A few years ago I made a tax planning spreadsheet that allowed people to compare side by side different tax scenarios. This greatly simplified my tax planning, and helped many others as …
I lived in Benton Harbor city for 2 years then I lived in a house on the city line for 6 years. currently I live less than 5 miles from the city limits. Benton Harbor is home to the world headquarters of Whirlpool corporation and has a population of around …