In today's world, it sometimes seems as if everyone is in debt to some degree. Between car payments, mortgage payments, credit cards, student loans, and other types of debt, it's easy to see why the average person is nearly $90,000 in debt.

If there is one thing you as a business owner don't want to deal with, it is a cash flow crisis. Occurring when your business has more money going out than it does coming in, it can result in not being able to cover your company's payroll or pay for other operating expenses. In fact, over 80% of small businesses fail due to cash flow problems.

If you've been busy rolling the dice at a crap table in Vegas, playing the lottery now and then, or betting on your favorite team to win a few games, you may have accumulated some gambling winnings.

While it's easy to plan out your day or week, doing your estate planning can be far more complicated. Unfortunately, many people put it off as long as possible, or even fail to create any plan whatsoever. If you are beginning your estate planning journey, it is important to avoid common mistakes along the way.

When you invest in something, be it stocks, a business, or anything else, you of course want to make money, or have a return on your investment. To know if your investment has been successful, you will need to rely on the financial metric known as ROI, or Return on Investment.

Your credit score impacts everything from how much money you can borrow, to what interest rate you’ll pay, to whether or not your application for a home or apartment rental will be accepted. Without proactive steps, your credit score can easily fall into a range where it makes it hard to succeed financially.

If you feel like you’re working as hard as you can and you still aren’t saving money, it’s likely that a household budget will help. Household budgets force you to take a hard look at how much you’re bringing in each month and how much you’re spending.

For both private individuals and small business owners, the threat of financial scams is all too real. Every year, billions of dollars are lost to criminals who have perfected various scams. In many cases, once your money is gone, recovering it is almost impossible.

When choosing a CPA, you have many choices. Ideally, you want to find a CPA with whom you can establish a long-term relationship with.

Before the pandemic, many workers often fantasized about what it would be like to work from their homes. When the pandemic struck, many of them got to find out. Thanks to employers shutting down offices, employees were suddenly working remotely from home.