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Helping Military Families Make The Most of Their Money

10+ Places To Learn About The Survivor Benefit Plan


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The choice whether to purchase the military’s Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) coverage may be the largest financial decision of your life. As I’ve discussed extensively, it is a very individual decision and there is no best answer for every situation. While I’m trying to hit on every possible consideration, it is important that you get… | Read More…

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…

Military and Divorce: Stuff You’ve Got To Consider


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While a divorce is essentially a civilian matter, there are certain aspects of military pay and benefits that need to be considered when dealing with a marital separation or divorce where one or both members are in, or retired from, the military. All too often, I hear from one party who got the short end… | Read More…

Set Your Kids Up For Success In Higher Education By Helping Them Find A Good Financial Fit


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This post is part of the Center for Financial Services Innovation Financial Health Matters Day 2018 (#FinHealthMatters) financial awareness campaign. It also enters me into a contest, one portion of which is evaluated on social media engagement. So if you could share on Facebook, Twitter, and anywhere else, I’d be very thankful. I had lunch… | 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…

How To Get Your Tricare-Covered Breast Pump


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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of 1 Natural Way, a TRICARE breast pump provider. All opinions are entirely my own. As a mom of four, I have more than 7 years of experience with breastfeeding. While I loved breastfeeding, it wasn’t always easy. One of the hardest parts of breastfeeding,… | 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…

The Basics of Retirement Plans, and the Military’s Old and New Plans


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One unexpected benefit of the introduction of the “new” military retirement system, the Blended Retirement System (BRS), is that a lot of people have discovered that they don’t understand their retirement plan at all. While it isn’t great that folks don’t thoroughly understand the system, this is a great opportunity for learning all around. First,… | Read More…

Printables to Make Your PCS Move Smooth and Organized


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Alright, folks…it’s been a long time coming, but here is my shockingly long guide to packing up your house and life for a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move!  It is so long that I’ve actually had to make a table of contents to help you navigate.  If you can’t see a full table of contents… | Read More…

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