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Helping Military Families Make The Most of Their Money

From The Mailbag: Term Life Instead of SBP


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The Survivor Benefit Plan is a very important topic in financial planning for the retired military family, and it’s awfully complicated. There is no single right answer, and even the exact same situation can be viewed from multiple perspectives. While this seems like a question that can be answered simply by math, there is also… | Read More…

The Simplest Reason Why Renting Will Save You Money


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Airman Mildollar, the author of the Military Dollar blog, introduced me to a saying that has become my new favorite. “When you rent, you never pay more than you rent each month. When you buy a house, you never pay less than your mortgage each month.” Unfortunately, neither Airman or I know the source of… | Read More…

Free Military Money Summit Coming to Fort Campbell


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Do you live near Fort Campbell? I have THE event for you! The FREE MilMoney Summit is coming to Fort Campbell on Wednesday, 9 May 2018. You don’t have to be great with money or bad with money to come. In fact, it doesn’t matter how you are with money. #MilMoney18 is all about breaking the… | Read More…

Everything About Umbrella Insurance


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Imagine you’re tooling down the highway during rush hour, and suddenly your tire explodes. You manage to keep your car mostly under control, but you bump a tractor trailer in the adjacent lane, who then hits two cars next to it, and then overcorrects into the jersey wall. OR Imagine you’re throwing a 4th of… | Read More…

BRS: DIEMS vs. PEBD


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You’ve been reading everything about the military’s new Blended Retirement System (BRS), and your situation doesn’t match up with the examples of who falls into the new BRS, the old legacy system, or the choice to opt in.  How can you figure out which group you’re in? With the military’s new Blended Retirement System, there is… | Read More…

How To Renew Your Driver’s License From Out-of-State


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Military families move around a lot, and that can make many things complicated.   Thankfully, most states let you retain your out-of-state driver’s license if you are living elsewhere only because of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders.  But what happens when your driver’s license is expiring?  How can you renew it without traveling to… | Read More…

Using Credit Cards Overseas


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Traveling to another country is fun, but it can also be complicated.  Military families spend a lot of time overseas, whether stationed there, on deployment, or just for fun.  In many cases, credit cards are the easiest and most economical way to pay for things while in traveling.  Credit cards aren’t without their own issues,… | Read More…

What Financial Health Means To Me #FinHealthMatters


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Financial health means being able to care for the people you love. This year, I’ve had more times than usual to be thankful for financial health.  My beloved grandfather, age 95, had a stroke the first week in January.  He has almost completely recovered, thankfully, but it was a very potent reminder of why financial… | Read More…

Understanding The Military Spouses Residency Relief Act


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The Military Spouses Residency Relief Act (MSRRA) is important law, but it is very misunderstood.  Passed in 2009, it actually amends the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to provide certain specific protections to military spouses.  It can provide great benefits to military spouses, particularly in the area of state taxes, but there is lot of… | Read More…

How To File For An Income Tax Extension, Military-Style


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Get a simple, free tax extension to get more time to file your federal tax return. The deadline to file your federal income tax returns is Tuesday, 18 April 2017.  Each year, more than 10 million Americans aren’t ready to submit their returns on that date, and file for an automatic extension of the tax… | Read More…

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