Death and taxes… There’s no such thing as a free lunch… Umm, the Postman always ring twice? Hm, well maybe not that last one, but my point is we all know the cliches about things that are hard to avoid or hard to get. Fortunately, if you’ve got a future college student in the house, [...]
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13 Aug, 2008
College is around the corner and I have ZERO savings. Help!
Posted by: Chris In: College Savings
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I walked by a colleague’s office the other day and noticed that her desk was strewn with info on 529 plans, college scholarships, FAFSA forms, and a 4″ thick book listing every college in the US.
“College planning time?” I ventured an out-there guess.
She nodded and went on to tell me about how overwhelmed [...]
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