When Traveling, Plan Ahead

We Boomers are much more global than our parents ever were. The lure of adventure and disposable income has sometimes resulted in multiple overseas trips in a lifetime. While we have benefited from being part of this generation, the world can be a not so friendly place. Exciting as traveling may be, please be sure to plan ahead and prepare for the unexpected. To insure you safe and easier travel, take a moment to reflect on the following advice, courtesy of our law firm and the US State Department,

The New Age Women

I had always thought of myself as a new age woman.  After all, I simultaneously juggled education, career and motherhood, believing that donning a Wonder Woman outfit on many days would have certainly been appropriate. I had grown up with a stay-at-home mother whose life appeared to me as a series of constant routine of cleaning, laundry and nightly meals. As a child, I remember that I was determined not to be regulated to such a fate. I would have my own money, make my own decisions and embrace both my freedom and my power. However, after much thought, I have come to a rather startling conclusion that I never really had any monopoly on being a new age woman. While it may be coined as “new age”, in retrospect, there is nothing really “new” about it at all. 

Basic Estate Plan - Highly Recommended!

In 2007, I lost someone I loved very much to cancer. From the date of diagnosis in June of that year until his death in August, it was a mad scramble to put his financial and emotional “house” in order. It was a difficult time for me, struggling with anticipatory grief and challenged by constant caretaking as his health and spirit declined. I was forced to participate in end-of-life decisions that we had not put a lot of thought into due to our middle age and plans for the future. Although it needed to be done, it was not the time to add more challenges to an already stressful situation.

Foreclosure Update:

Here's a current look at our country's foreclosure trends:

 

A New Year's Resolution

As the holiday season gets into full swing this December, health and fitness is likely the last thing on your mind.  With Christmas cookies and other assorted baked goods arriving at home, work or in the store, you are probably just as distracted as I am.  The holiday season is the time we forget about our master plan for healthy living and we enjoy ourselves and the friends and family around us.  As the holiday goes by we start to focus on the next year to come and what it will bring for changes in our lives, good or bad.  We make resolutions for these changes.  New Year’s resolutions are part of our annual vow to change certain parts of our life for the better. 

Facing foreclosure? Learn the Benefits of a Short Sale.

Do you know anyone whose property is distressed and they cannot pay their mortgage? Let's help them change their course!       Our CDPE Short Sale Video

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Is Your House Underwater?

Recent national statistics indicate that one in seven homeowners currently owns a distressed property. These are homes that have either gone through foreclosure or are being marketed as "short sales." In a short sale, the homeowner can't afford to maintain the mortgage, but the lender - rather than foreclosing - agrees to the sale of the property for less than the balance of the loan. As an attorney, the combination of my law firm’s experience in real estate, title and bankruptcy has culminated in spending a great deal of time advising homeowners, who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are now worth, what options they have in this real estate market. I recently spent several days in Massachusetts becoming certified as a distressed property expert and remain one of the few attorneys in Maine to currently hold that designation to assist distressed homeowners with foreclosure alternatives at no cost to them.