Mistakes are all too easy to make when it comes to investing. Here are 7 things financial experts say you should avoid doing with your investments.
Allowing myself to get talked into a variable annuity when I was a chief resident. Bought it at roughly market peak; it sank with the market in 2001-2002. Paid lots of charges and surrender charges when I got rid of it three years later to buy my first house, and due to the natur...
To avoid making real estate investment mistakes, extrapolate an income for yourself that flattens out or fades lower to be conservative. The median household income of Americans at $68,703 (data as of September 2020) has only risen slightly after practically going nowhere for 20 years. 2) Not...
If you want to avoid dumb financial mistakes, follow the old adage “save your money for a rainy day.” You’ll never figure out how to become rich if you don’t build an emergency fund and learn how to use it wisely. “When people don’t have at least a few thousand dollars...
“Some borrowers take days to get back to their lenders when asked for additional documentation,” says da Costa. “That's a waste of time and can end up costing you thousands of dollars if the rate you locked in expires and rates rise. Whether you're refinancing or getting a new ...
Get insider secrets to avoid costly blunders on the most important investment of your life. Related To: Home StagingTips and Hacks HGTV has brought together some of the top real estate experts to compile the definitive list of the biggest mistakes we all make when buying and selling our homes...