There is much controversy about whether or not to make extra payments on your mortgage in order to pay it off early. As usual, I don’t have any hard and fast rules, but there are questions I’d like addressed before…
Recently I’ve been telling you about the part of my business where I go to groups (employers, conferences) and meet with people for short one-on-one financial planning sessions. Here are a few success stories that I am proud of having…
I recently had friend ask me this question. The answer is “yes, you can, but I wouldn’t recommend it.” There are main reasons for this: Investments: 529 College Savings plans are generally invested in pre-packaged funds whose aggressiveness is based…
First, let’s talk about what a parent is NOT to do. Please do not stop saving for retirement, or worse, take money out of your retirement accounts to pay for your kids’ college expenses. You have only one shot at…
A couple of weeks ago, I introduced my education services for the first time in the blog. Just to let you know, the financial education provided by Sullivan Financial Planning goes beyond pre-retirement planning. Other engaging and helpful topics that…
People must be feeling good about the economy because second home ownership is on the rise again. Vacation home sales increased over 10% in 2012 and 11% of home purchases were second home in that year.* Some folks find their…
