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Investors Should Not Tap Into Retirement Funds Early 11/19/2017 07:00pm • Financial experts generally advise against borrowing from -- and especially withdrawing early -- from retirement accounts. And for good reason. Betterment certified financial planner Garrett Oakley puts it this way: "A 30-year-old worker living in Illinois wants to cash out $14,000 from his 401(k). When Your Landlord Is Facing Foreclosure: Options for Tenants 11/16/2017 07:00pm • Foreclosure filings in the U.S. are at the lowest levels in 11 years, according to ATTOM Data Solutions, which curates a property database. Default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions occurred on just 191,824 properties in the third quarter this year -- the lowest since the second qu 6 Risky Moves Homeowners Make When Selling 11/16/2017 07:00pm • Moving can be risky. Granted, it doesn't usually start out with much jeopardy. You shuttle yourself and your belongings from a college dorm or your parent's house into an apartment, and then maybe to another apartment and another. But when you buy a house, that's when the financial risk kicks in. A Is Peer-to-Peer Lending Safe for Income Investors? 11/15/2017 07:00pm • Anyone who has borrowed to buy a car or a taken out a home mortgage is familiar with the basics of how a loan works. In a nutshell, borrowers ask for money, and lenders decide how likely it is that they will see that money back. If repayment is unlikely, those lenders charge a high rate of interest Sinclair Broadcast to expand Md. HQ, add hundreds of jobs 11/15/2017 12:25pm • WASHINGTON — Hunt Valley, Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., working to complete its $3.9 billion acquisition of Tribune Media, says it will invest $12 million in its Hunt Valley headquarters and more than double its Maryland workforce. Sinclair has 333 employees in Maryland currentl Speak Up About Student Loan Consumer Protections 11/14/2017 07:00pm • This week the U.S. Department of Education is convening a negotiated rule-making panel to try and hammer out the rules around student loan consumer protections. This is a do-over of sorts, since the panel will hash out two rules that were already negotiated previously: borrower defense to repayment DC-area small businesses are hiring 11/14/2017 09:10am • WASHINGTON — The nation's unemployment rate fell to a 17-year low of 4.1 percent in November, with more companies stepping up hiring, and small business owners in the D.C. area plan to do their share. A Bank of America fall 2017 Small Business Owner report found a high level of small business o Washington Has Made It Harder for You to Sue Your Credit Card Company. What Now? 11/13/2017 07:00pm • On Nov. 1, President Donald Trump signed a congressional resolution that can make it virtually impossible for customers to file class-action lawsuits against financial institutions, such as your neighborhood bank or credit card issuer. The signing was done without fanfare; that is, in private, in t Final I-66 outside Beltway toll hearings this week 11/13/2017 03:52am • WASHINGTON — Final public hearings will be held this week regarding two new toll lanes in each direction on Interstate 66 between the Beltway and Gainesville. The meetings are Monday night in Oakton, Tuesday in Centreville and Thursday in Bristow. These meetings are the last opportunity to weig 5 Things Grads Should Know About Student Loans After the Grace Period Ends 11/12/2017 07:00pm • Choosing to delay payments after college or grad school or picking a certain repayment plan can determine how much you'll pay over the lifetime of your student loans. Monique Prince, who graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2011 with a master's in social work, borrowed nearly $60,000 to 3 Unique Financial Issues for Special Needs 11/12/2017 07:00pm • According to the National Organization on Disability, more than 57 million people across the U.S. are living with a physical or cognitive disability. With limited assistance from government programs, this group -- along with their caregivers -- will need to consider additional planning decisions, e How MBA Applicants With Military Backgrounds Can Fund Their Education 11/09/2017 07:00pm • Sometimes, business school applicants with a military background qualify for more than enough service-related scholarship money to attend graduate school for free. If you want reassurance that it is possible, consider the story of John Healy, a first-year MBA student at Northeastern University's D' 5 Reasons Owning a House Isn't as Good as Cash in the Bank 11/09/2017 07:00pm • Home ownership is often viewed as part of the American dream. Despite indications that millennials are shunning conventions, the house with the white picket fence continues to be a goal for many people. A 2016 survey by the Pew Research Center found 72 percent of renters would like to buy a house in Exclusive: Va. reaches financial close on I-66 toll project 11/09/2017 03:51pm • FAIRFAX, Va. — Virginia and the private group of companies set to build and operate two new toll lanes in each direction on Interstate 66 have reached final financial agreements needed to begin construction, Virginia Department of Transportation Commissioner Charles Kilpatrick told WTOP Thursday. 3 Ways Real Estate Can Boost Your Retirement Income 11/08/2017 07:00pm • There's big appeal in the idea of investing in real estate right now. And it's not just because of all the attention these days on President Donald Trump, who made his fortune in the industry. Many real estate-related investments have done quite well in the last decade or so. The median sales price