Work with any family members who are near you to begin to reconstruct your financial life on paper. It can provide a little sense of order. What you’re trying to do on paper is to...

Financial awareness is now key at an earlier age because young kids are becoming more aware of consumer issues, and marketers are responding to them. Cell phones for 8-year-olds is a perfect example. Companies are...

You can borrow a camcorder or a still camera and take pictures of everything. Or you can walk from room to room with a tape recorder and note everything you see.

You have to buy the right kind of property insurance for the type of danger you’re likely to face.

The perception is that it is more generous than it is. Grants are generally only for those that are completely wiped out or uninsured.

If you give one to your insurance adjuster, you go to the front of the line.