Ask the Experts: Can creditors garnish my wages?

Do creditors have the right to garnish my wages? Recently I had a credit card balance turned over as an unpaid debt. The last words I had with the creditor was that whoever... Read more »

MMI housing counselor named HPF Counselor of the Year

As National Homeownership Month comes to an end, we are thrilled to congratulate Daniel Burnham, one of our very own housing counselors, who was named the 2012 Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF) Counselor... Read more »

How Can I Avoid Foreclosure?

Q: What options do I have besides foreclosure? We recently bought a house and my husband lost his job with the airlines. We are not behind on the house just yet. I would... Read more »

Why you won’t have enough money for retirement (and what you can do about it)

Retirement should be something you look forward to – the pot of gold at the end of the long, winding rainbow called life. Retirement should be your reward for putting in the hours;... Read more »

Five ludicrously expensive Father’s Day gifts

I’m not proud of this, because I love my father very much, but I’m pretty terrible at remembering Father’s Day – and even worse at actually sending my dad something to commemorate... Read more »

The key to successfully managing money and marriage

A recent poll by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) regarding money and marriage resulted in some alarming statistics. According to the results, 68 percent of respondents indicated they would feel uncomfortable... Read more »