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50 Questions to Ask on a College Visit 06/23/2021 12:00am • A college visit offers prospective students a chance to look past the carefully curated images in marketing brochures and on social media, and get to know a school for themselves. Asking thoughtful questions of campus tour guides can help students better understand a college. "It is incredibly impo 15 Ways to Build a Passive Income Stream 06/23/2021 12:00am • Earning passive income is practically the American dream. Who wouldn't want to lie in a hammock and make money without actually doing anything? Unfortunately, short of coming into an inheritance or financial windfall, you probably have to work to generate a regular paycheck. Still, if you're indust Q&A: Municipal Bonds in the Wake of COVID-19 06/23/2021 12:00am • When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, municipal bond investors braced for a slew of defaults by overburdened state and local governments. But more than a year later, these municipalities are holding up better than expected. With the help of stimulus payments, tax revenues from workers who were ab 7 Best Closed-End Funds of 2021 06/22/2021 12:00am • Here are the best closed-end funds for income.Closed-end funds, or CEFs, have been around for more than 100 years. Shares of CEFs are traded on the open market. Like stocks, CEFs are offered at an initial public offering. They're invested in a portfolio of securities and managed by an investment fir 2 life sentences in 2018 murder of Loudoun Co. woman, adult son 06/18/2021 07:27am • A Loudoun County judge sentenced Brian Kuang-Ming Welsh to spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2018 murders of Mala Manwani, 65, and her 32-year-old son Rishi in their Aldie, Virginia, home. Circuit Court Judge James Fisher went along with a jury's recommendation on Monday and sentenced Does Settling Credit Card Debt Affect Your Credit Score? 06/18/2021 12:00am • Does settling a debt hurt your credit? That's probably the No. 1 question on your mind if you're considering a debt settlement. If you're in over your head, settling credit card debt is one way to break free of the cycle of late fees and missed payments. However, you could deal with the repercussio 4 Things to Know About a Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate 06/18/2021 12:00am • From June 11-13 in Cornwall, England, leaders from the G-7 group of industrialized nations affirmed a proposal to rewrite international tax rules for multinational corporations. While still in its infancy, the U.S. Treasury Department, President Joe Biden's administration and many European nations As end of eviction protections loom in Maryland, housing advocates urge changes to court procedures 06/17/2021 05:41pm • State and federal eviction protections will soon expire in Maryland, and fair housing advocates say many tenants could lose their homes as courts work through lengthy eviction backlogs. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) announced Tuesday that Maryland’s state of emergency will end July 1st — and How to Choose the Best Financial Planning Software 06/17/2021 12:00am • Financial planning isn't the pen-and-paper activity it used to be. Luckily for advisors, abacuses and calculators you have to crank are technologies of the past. But while modernization has made math easier, it's also made the art of long-term financial planning more complicated. Today's advisors ne Top Money Lessons From the Pandemic 06/17/2021 12:00am • Each time we left our homes during the coronavirus pandemic, we were intensely aware of the health risks at stake. But when it comes to money, we've been taking calculated risks all along. The last year forced many to reconsider how they approach risk taking, respond in times of unpredictability an 7 Penny Stocks That Pay Dividends 06/17/2021 12:00am • A low share price doesn't mean a company can't offer dividends.When investors think of penny stocks, their thoughts might turn to shares of companies trading for pennies on the dollar that may or may not end up as successful businesses that grow substantially. Potential growth companies like that te How 3 Bipartisan Senate Bills Could Affect Student Loans 06/16/2021 12:00am • A bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently introduced three bills aimed at making the financial aid and student loan processes easier to navigate for families trying to pay for college. The bills, introduced at the end of April and crafted by Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith and Iowa Republicans Chu Maryland Joins States Providing Tenants Access to Counsel 06/16/2021 12:00am • When the COVID-19 pandemic prompted mass shutdowns and unemployment last spring, policymakers scrambled to keep constituents safe during the virus. One provision in the federal CARES Act established a nationwide, 120-day eviction moratorium for rental properties with federally backed mortgages. But Survey: Over a Third Frequently Engage in Retail Therapy 06/16/2021 12:00am • If you're shopping to help get out of a pandemic funk, you're not alone. According to a U.S. News survey, a chunk of people have been doing a lot of retail therapy. In a survey conducted in late May and early June 2021 on Americans' post-pandemic spending habits, almost 34% of those who say they pr Washington REIT to sell all of its DC office and retail buildings 06/15/2021 09:30am • 1600 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington is one of 12 office buildings Washington REIT is selling. (Courtesy Google Street View) Washington Real Estate Investment is going all in on apartment communities, selling virtually all of its D.C. office and retail properties. D.C.-based Washington REIT has