Dear Pete, My wife’s parents are moving to a retirement community and would like to sell us their house. The house would be about $45,000 more than ours and has some charming features. It needs a lot of renovation/redecorating ($60-$80K…
Dear Pete, I have seven years until retirement, and I still owe about $63,000 on my mortgage. My home is slated to be paid off in just under 10 years. I have an extra $750 per month right now, and…
Hi, First off, thank you for the podcast. I listen to each episode and I appreciate that you make personal finance entertaining! My wife and I live in the Midwest and just welcomed our first child a few months ago….
Dear Pete, Currently purchasing a house and I noticed on my credit report that my score is 807. One of the items hurting it is the length of time my accounts have been open. I have a Lowe’s, Home Depot,…
This week on The Pete the Planner Show, we meet David. Currently residing on the west coast, David and his wife recently took a pay cut for her to stay home with their kids. In light of the pay cut,…
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This week on The Pete the Planner® Show, we meet Raven. Raven has all the right things going, in all the right places. She’s been actively paying down her student loans and is ready to get serious about her housing…
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This week on The Pete the Planner® Show, we’re back answering more of your money questions. We’re joined this week by lead financial concierge of Your Money Line, Damian Dunn, and no- Pete and Damian still aren’t related (even though we wish they were.)…
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Hi Pete, My husband and I are in our early 30s, we have a 1-year-old, no debt and we are saving appropriately (savings, retirement through work, investments). We have a 20% down payment for a house in the 200K range….
This week on The Pete the Planner® Show, we’re back answering more of your money questions! We kick the show off with an emailer who has been berated by his friends for saving for retirement. Tired of the snide remarks, our email…
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Orignially appeared in USA Today and The Indianapolis Star Note: This column is the third of a four-part series on how to retire successfully when starting from scratch at age 50. Finding yourself 50 and broke isn’t exactly what you…