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My mother wants a new suv and she wants to pay cash for it. I can get her a new jeep cherokee @36 mionths ,0% financing,and I think she should leave her $28,000 drawing interest,but she doesn''t want a monthly payment. I think she will lose a lot of interest if she forks over the cash. What is the best approach?
Submitted Nov 23, 2012
My father passed 1/31/2012. I am 28 years old and I am the only child born to him. My mom is 58 years old and they were never legally married. they have been together for over 25 years. I heard that Illinois doesn''t recognize common law marriage but I can''t wrap my head around the fact that neither I or my mom will get my fathers social security... no one can get...
Submitted Nov 21, 2012
An expatriate is gifting a piece of foreign property located in Mexico to her daughter who is a US citizen. Is the transaction taxable to the daughter? Would the answer change if the expat is still a US citizen but lives the majority of time in Mexico?
Submitted Nov 20, 2012
I am thinking of taking a lesser paying job and using my pervious employer''s 401k earnings to supplement my income. Is this a wise decision?
Submitted Nov 15, 2012
I have a sears mastercard and i used it for one transaction and nothing else. Now after almost two years of having the account with no transactions i notice a 2500 transaction. i inquire the customer service and they inform me they cannot get rid of the transaction because it belongs to a collection agency. I do not know what to do. I thought i had rights that would...
Submitted Nov 13, 2012
I signed a PLUS loan for my third son, with the understanding that he would pay it back.He has not done so, and now I have 2 other children in college, while that son is in medical school. Because the interest is compounded daily, I am having difficulty paying it off. I went through bankruptcy 2 years ago and have no credit.I have no car payment, etc. only this large...
Submitted Nov 12, 2012
Hello, my 24 yr old son''s dad died 2 1/2 years ago. Is he or would he have been eligible for his dad''s S.S. benefits? His dad worked for many years of course.
Submitted Nov 12, 2012
I''m 53 and disabled - I''m on SSDI? Not on SSI my wife just passed and contacted SS administration and filled out paperwork - said that I was entitied to Survivors Benefits - my question, my wife''s LIFE INSURANCE am I going to run into problems with cashing this check (about 18K)? Regards Daniel Bell
Submitted Nov 12, 2012
I mite get a job in Canada working for a company in Germany and I''m an American citizen. How would I go about doing my taxes
Submitted Nov 12, 2012
My father died when I was 4 years old. My mother wasn''t a mother at all. Delaware county took custody of me. Was I entitled to get my fathers death benefits or was it ok that the state took them?
Submitted Nov 8, 2012

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