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Liz Weston: Will adding an accessory dwelling unit pay off?

Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are separate living spaces added to an existing home — typically on a single-family residential lot

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Liz Weston: What are your employee benefits really worth?

Benefits make up more than 30% of the typical compensation package, but companies aren’t always clear about how much value they add for employees

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Liz Weston: 3 inflation-savvy moves to make now

Inflation isn’t leaving your life — at least not right now

The Independent UK

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Liz Weston: How to spot a great 401(k)

It pays to know the difference between a good 401(k) and a great 401(k)

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Liz Weston: How to cultivate a happier retirement

You may assume that having more money in retirement will make you happier

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Liz Weston: 6 new rules for smarter European travel

The effects of the pandemic, along with the rebound in European tourism, require a new playbook that balances flexibility with savings

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Liz Weston: Why is money so confusing?

Unfortunately, some of the people who know the most about money are the worst at talking about it

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Liz Weston: 3 reasons not to tap your home equity right now

House prices are soaring, and homeowners have a lot of value built up between what’s left on the mortgage and what their house is worth

The Independent UK

Liz Weston: Just Starting Out? Learn From Our Mistakes

We’ve all seen commencement speakers give advice to graduates as they’re about to enter the workforce

The Independent UK

Liz Weston: How to budget realistically for home repairs

Big home repairs often catch us by surprise, but maybe they shouldn’t

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Liz Weston: 3 lessons I wish I’d learned sooner about travel

Experience may be the best teacher, but I wish I’d learned the following strategies before I became an unwitting student

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Liz Weston: Is medical debt vanishing from credit reports?

The three credit bureaus have promised to remove nearly 70% of medical debts from consumer credit reports within the next year

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Liz Weston: How to afford your meds and support your health

What you pay for a prescription drug varies enormously depending on your medication, pharmacy, insurance and other factors

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Liz Weston: How to make more green at your next yard sale

Yard sales take hours of preparation and plenty of hard work

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Liz Weston: How to reduce taxes when you sell your home

Home values have been soaring — but the amount of home sale profit you can shelter from taxes has not

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Liz Weston: Dealing with death? There’s an app for that

Planning for death and navigating life after a loss can be difficult, complex and sometimes expensive

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Liz Weston: Tweak your tech settings to protect your privacy

Much of your personal data is likely being tracked and sold, including your location and online activity

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Liz Weston: Find Out and Fix What Big Data Says About You

Information about you — things you may have thought were private — is stored in databases operated by consumer reporting agencies

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Liz Weston: Small home fixes can have a big impact on safety

Home hazards can have costly consequences, like fires, flooding, injuries and death

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Liz Weston: 3 tasks for new retirees that will pay off later

Taking care of three big tasks soon after you retire can go a long way toward helping your money and your health go the distance

The Independent UK

Liz Weston: How to keep your tax return from getting hung up

The IRS is overburdened and understaffed, which means even the smallest error could delay the processing of your tax return for months

The Independent UK

Liz Weston: How buy now, pay later loans could alter credit

Credit reporting bureaus are eager to add popular and largely unregulated “buy now, pay later” loans to credit reports

The Independent UK

Liz Weston: Why you (and I) should name a ‘trusted contact’

If you’re young and healthy, adding a “trusted contact” to your financial accounts probably sounds like a far-off task for when you think your memory or judgment is going

The Independent UK

Liz Weston: Painless — even fun — ways to learn about money

Everywhere you look, somebody’s willing to give — or sell — you financial advice

The Independent UK

Liz Weston: What caring for an aging parent could cost you

Taking care of an older loved one is stressful, and some people don’t have much of a choice about quitting their jobs or taking a leave of absence

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