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 meet Vanessa. Since they began working in their 20s, Vanessa and her husband have been saving to fund their retirement. Fast-forward twenty years, and she’s not sure they’ve been saving enough. In addition,…
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Originally seen in the Indianapolis Star It never fails. About five times per year, I have an email conversation with a random person which goes like this. Pete, what should I do? You should do this. Pete, I don’t want…
This week on The Pete the Planner® Show, we’re getting into the holiday spirit! Well the Thanksgiving spirit, that is. We can’t go a show without answering one of your money questions, so we kick off this week’s episode with a 529 question,…
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This week on The Pete the Planner Show®, we meet Holly. After staying home to focus on raising her four children, Holly has returned back to the workforce. But it’s taken a little while for her to hit her stride in navigating…
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Originally appeared in USA Today and The Indianapolis Star Note: This column is the fourth installment of a four-part series on how to retire successfully when starting from scratch at age 50. Over the past four weeks, I wrote about…
This week on The Pete the Planner® Show, we meet Ruby. She’s 45 and bringing in about $100,000/year. However, finding herself at an impasse with her health, Ruby needs to take a step back and get herself back on track. In order…
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I currently have a 2007 Pontiac G6 with 86,000 miles on it. According to CarFax, it is worth $2,130. It has begun to leak oil and I have had it looked at by a mechanic. The mechanic informed me that…
This week on The Pete the Planner® Show we meet Annie. Annie has diligently built up her savings and is ready to leave her debt in her 20s. She’s feeling an itch to pay off her debt with her savings, but…
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Originally seen in USA Today ***Note: If you want to retire successfully but are starting from scratch at age 50, you need a plan. This is the second of a four-part series on how to make it happen. As the story goes,…