One-Income Household: How to Do a Lot with a Little

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Overview

Layoffs, health problems, divorce, staying home with the kids-there are many reasons why you might be living on one income. And with One-Income Household, your family's new reality doesn't have to mean financial hardship.

Featuring easy-to-apply, practical advice that you can tailor to your personal situation, this book teaches you how to proactively take charge of your future and:

Budget for essential costs and mine your resources

Sell, rent, or take out a loan on your house

Commute and get around town affordably

Determine what health insurance plan your family really needs and secure it

Live frugally every day-and still have fun

Finally, with this book, you have the financial planner you need to prosper and succeed during these tough financial times.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781605501338
  • Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
  • Publication date: 6/18/2009
  • Edition description: Original
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 616,679
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Susan Reynolds (Pembroke, MA) is a freelance editor and author. She authored The Everything Guide to Personal Finance for Single Mothers, as well as three other nonfiction books, and is currently editing Adams Media's Hero series. After her divorce, Ms. Reynolds was dropkicked into management of a one-income household. Learn more about her on www.literarycottage.com.

Lauren Bakken, CPA (Plymouth, MA), has been a public accounting and tax specialist for more than twelve years. In 2002, Lauren established her own business, Lauren Bakken CPA Inc., in Plymouth, MA. She provides personalized financial consultation and tax preparation services to individuals and small corporate businesses. She was also divorced and supported herself and her son working full-time as an accountant, while concurrently studying and passing the CPA exam.

Table of Contents

Introduction vi

Chapter One The One-Income Dilemma 1

Chapter Two Facing Reality 11

Chapter Three Adjusting Your Attitude 23

Chapter Four Making a Plan 35

Chapter Five Digging Out 51

Chapter Six Making Housing Decisions 71

Chapter Seven Avoiding Foreclosure 91

Chapter Eight Funding College 109

Chapter Nine Navigating Health, Life, and Disability Insurance 131

Chapter Ten Navigating Home, Car, and Mortgage Insurance 147

Chapter Eleven Maximizing Tax Breaks 163

Chapter Twelve Mining Your Resources 181

Chapter Thirteen Living Frugally 201

Appendix A Blindsided: What to Do When Disaster Strikes 221

Appendix B Calculating Your Retirement Needs 231

Appendix C Resources 239

Index 246

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