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Can You Actually Turn a Profit Flipping Homes in Today's Market? 04/19/2017 08:00pm • Back in 2012, house flipping seemed like the perfect opportunity for a person with extra cash and an eye for remodeling. The market was flush with homes left vacant from waves of foreclosures prompted by the housing bubble that burst a few years earlier. You could buy a home from a bank, make any n How to Choose a Solo 401(k) Provider 04/19/2017 08:00pm • Creation of the individual 401(k) with the Bush-era tax cuts went practically unnoticed, and the financial services industry was slow to set up these retirement plans and still has not done much marketing. But the solo 401(k) can be a boon to a sole proprietor like a freelancer or small business ow 9 Ways to Live With Your College Grad Again 04/19/2017 08:00pm • You thought your parenting days were over. In some sense, they are. In other ways, parenting resumes when your college grad returns to the nest. Living together again can be disruptive and upsetting. But, it doesn't have to be. Mom and Dad as a Lifeline More college grads are settling -- and stayi Nearly 50 years after the inaugural Earth Day, impact investing arrives 04/19/2017 08:00pm • The first Earth Day was held nearly 50 years ago, on April 22, 1970, as an outpouring of support for environmental reform. It was the rallying cry of a movement that would see, in the following months and years, the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of legislation Family and Finances: How to Handle Family Members Who Are Bad at Money 04/19/2017 08:00pm • A decade ago, Stacy Haynes' mother was struggling to make ends meet. Haynes decided to intervene after her mother, who was in her 50s at the time, became depressed and stressed about her financial situation. "She would ask me for money to pay her bills," says Haynes, a counseling psychologist, in an You Can Buy a House With Little or Nothing Down. Should You? 04/19/2017 08:00pm • Many aspiring homebuyers fear they will never be able to save up a 20 percent down payment. On a $500,000 house, for example, that's $100,000 in cash. And when you must cover rent, other monthly expenses and possibly additional debt, saving that much money can seem like an impossible feat. But the r I-66 express lanes hit speed bump over design changes 04/19/2017 06:26pm • WASHINGTON — A portion of the Interstate 66 express lanes project is on hold because of strong opposition from neighbors worried about noise, pollution and the design. The region’s Transportation Planning Board took the unusual step on Wednesday to put off an air quality analysis for a stretc How to protect inheritances for future generations 04/19/2017 06:41am • WASHINGTON — There’s a sense of pride knowing that you have accumulated valuable assets to pass on to the next generation. There’s also fear in having to deal with your own mortality and losing control of the wealth that you worked so hard to build. There are many "what ifs" to consider whe How to Invest in Stocks 04/18/2017 08:00pm • For many investors, one of the biggest hurdles is just getting started. It can be hard for a novice to know how to put money in the stock market or what makes a company a good investment. The best way to start, says Maggie Germano, CEO and founder of Maggie Germano Financial Coaching in the Distric Weigh Payoff of Summer School, Summer Job 04/18/2017 08:00pm • When Sophie Giroux, a sophomore at DePaul University in Chicago, considered her summer plans, the prospect of postgraduation student debt loomed large. So she decided to return home for the summer to live with her parents rent-free and, in addition to a part-time internship, work up to 30 hours a we When It Makes Sense to Pay Off Your Mortgage Early 04/18/2017 08:00pm • In 2009, after paying off roughly $52,000 in debt, Jackie Beck and her husband decided to tackle their mortgage and pay it off early. "If you'd graphed our progress it would have looked like a hockey stick, starting out slowly and then shooting up toward the end," Beck says. The couple didn't cut o What Every High School Senior Must Know About Student Loans 04/18/2017 08:00pm • No one knows better than recent grads how expensive college is. The college class of 2016 graduated with an average of $37,172 in student loans, says to Mark Kantrowitz, a higher-education expert. They were the most indebted class ever -- up 6 percent from the year before. With debt totals climbing 5 Financial Tips for College Graduates 04/17/2017 08:00pm • Graduating from college is all about transition. Grads are transitioning from student life to the workforce, from being focused on their education to focusing on their career. As a student, choices involved balancing grade-point averages, exams, class schedules and college life. For graduates, choi The Uncertainty of the American Dream 04/17/2017 08:00pm • Sometime in the past 86 years, the American Dream has evolved from James Truslow Adams' patriotic summation about opportunity without constraints in "The Epic of America" to the simple notion of owning a home as a more tangible substitute. While not as eloquent as Adams' prose, the idea of homeowner Bank of America Continues Bank Earnings Momentum 04/17/2017 08:00pm • Bank of America Corp. (ticker: BAC) is making the most of an improving environment for big U.S. banks. On Tuesday morning, the company reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that topped consensus Wall Street expectations. Bank of America reported revenue of $22.2 billion compared to consensus