How to Maximize Your Social Security

You can begin receiving your Social Security retirement benefit as early as age 62.  But by putting off your benefit start date, you can receive a check that is 8% higher for each year you delay receiving your benefit. The Basics – Full retirement age. ...

The $500,000 Homeowner Tax Break

There is a large tax break that allows you to exclude up to $250,000 ($500,000 married) in capital gains on the sale of your personal residence.  But making the assumption that this gain exclusion will always keep you safe from tax can be a big mistake. ...