Modest income is stressful for Seattleite | Money Makeover
It’s an all-too-common financial profile: low pay, significant credit-card debt and skimpy retirement savings. Solving that equation requires careful cash management in a city where...
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House-rich, savings-poor and eyeing retirement, Bellevue couple ponders options | Money Makeover
Money Makeover | Bellevue residents are looking at various ways to use their home to propel them into a secure retirement.
Retirement advice: Start saving early | Money Makeover
Everyone who hopes to retire someday confronts the same question: How do we pay for it?
Student-loan debt stresses out a new elementary school teacher | Money Makeover
Money Makeover | How to prioritize payments on student debt alongside other financial goals such as retirement savings was one concern for Louise Green. Paperwork...
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Seattle will be too expensive for you when you retire, longtimer is told | Money Makeover
With Seattle’s cost of living nearly 50 percent above the national average, retirement in a less expensive city is one strategy to make savings go...
Millennial is free of debt, unsure of next financial steps to take | Money Makeover
Aversion to debt is fine, but get a credit card, advisers tell 27-year-old who’s trying to keep her financial life simple.
After split, rebuilding financial life at 50 | Money Makeover
Joely Johnson, after years of being on an assured trajectory, is learning how to live as a newly single parent on a modest income in...
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