by dtulppo | Feb 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
As a child, perhaps you can recall your parents cursing that one unkept house on the street bringing down the property value of the entire neighborhood. Our neighbor at the end of the block, we’ll call “Tucker” for purposes of this story, was one...
by dtulppo | Jan 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
There are certain life events in which it may be advisable to take an early IRA distribution. Typically, the IRS requires IRA owners to reach age 59.5 before withdrawing funds from such accounts. They will penalize early distributions with a 10% tax, as well as...
by dtulppo | Oct 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Social Security In 1983 Congress legislated that up to 50% of Social Security could be taxed when combined income exceeded certain threshold limits. This ruling came into effect because politicians felt that since half of Social Security Benefits came from...
by dtulppo | Sep 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
A quick Google search will show April and October as popular CD (certificate of deposit) renewal months. Currently the national average on a 12 month CD is less than 1%. A further search shows a 5 year CD will barely return more than 1% per year. If you desire more...