savingadvice.comadded August 2026
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship5 Sept 2026
Halloween falls on a Saturday in 2026, and under the law currently on the books, millions of Americans will get a small bonus the following night: an extra hour when clocks move backward.
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship5 Sept 2026
For years, Social Security’s funding problem sounded far enough away that retirees could reasonably wonder whether Congress would ever do anything about it.
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship4 Sept 2026
You go to bed breathing normally, sleep with the ceiling fan running, and wake up wondering why your nose suddenly feels stuffed, and your throat feels like sandpaper.
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship4 Sept 2026
You type your electric company’s name and “pay bill” into a search engine, click the first convincing result, and see a familiar logo on the page.
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship4 Sept 2026
Some widows, widowers, and divorced spouses are receiving Social Security benefits they couldn’t have collected (or couldn’t collect in full) under rules that existed just a couple of years ago.
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship3 Sept 2026
When your adult child calls to say they’ve lost their job, the instinct to help can be immediate.
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship3 Sept 2026
A missed mortgage payment doesn’t immediately mean foreclosure, but it can be the first indication that a household budget has stopped working.
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship3 Sept 2026
Social Security sounds straightforward: you work, pay taxes, retire, and receive a monthly check.
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Amanda Blankenship3 Sept 2026
Amazon is facing a new federal lawsuit alleging the company secretly manipulated the auctions used to determine advertising prices, costing more than 1.2 million brands and sellers at least $20...
SavingAdvice.com Blogby James Hendrickson3 Sept 2026
The first large wave of September Social Security retirement payments lands Wednesday, September 9, for beneficiaries born on the 1st through the 10th of any month.
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship2 Sept 2026
An email lands in your inbox saying the Federal Trade Commission has money for you. Your first instinct may be to delete it because everyone knows unexpected refund messages are classic scam bait...
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship2 Sept 2026
You need to pay the electric bill, so you Google the utility company’s name and “pay bill,” click the first result, enter your information, and move on.
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship2 Sept 2026
When you’re applying for SNAP, it’s easy to focus almost entirely on the income questions. But the bills leaving your bank account can matter, too, because certain allowable expenses are used as...
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Andrew Tobias1 Sept 2026
PROMISES Share widely. And if you have time . . . > THE SUPREME BALLROOM . . . [Five Supreme Court Justices] said the preservationists who challenged the construction of the planned ballroom lacked...
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship1 Sept 2026
Could you retire on $40,000 a year? Break that number into a monthly budget, and you’re working with about $3,333 before taxes, Medicare premiums, or other deductions, and suddenly the question...
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship1 Sept 2026
You’ve probably stared at a patient-portal message box wondering how much information your doctor actually needs. Should you write three sentences or three paragraphs, start with “Dear Dr.
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship1 Sept 2026
Imagine checking last night’s lottery numbers and realizing the ticket you bought at the gas station is worth $1 million. Then you reach into your wallet… and the ticket isn’t there.
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship31 Aug 2026
Making your final mortgage payment can feel like getting an enormous raise. If you’ve been sending the lender $1,800 every month, seeing that obligation disappear may immediately have you imagining...
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship31 Aug 2026
Imagine that you died tonight and tomorrow morning your spouse or adult child had to figure out the mortgage, utilities, insurance, credit cards, property taxes, and funeral expenses.
SavingAdvice.com Blogby Drew Blankenship31 Aug 2026
You picked up the same prescription last month for $8, so when the pharmacist says today’s refill costs $80, it’s reasonable to wonder what went wrong.
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