Sarah Li-Cain

1 week ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Sarah Li-Cain

It sounds like you were doing all you could to get your finances together in your twenties, like paying your bills on time and being mindful of your debt. • Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you can now become a landlord for as little as $100 — and no, you don't have to deal with tenants or fix freezers. Here's how• I'm 49 years old and have nothing saved for retirement — what should I do? Don't panic. Here are 5 of the easiest ways you can catch up (and fast)• Nervous about the stock market in 2025?

1 week ago | moneywise.com | Sarah Li-Cain

What this means and what you can do When you co-sign a loan, you are telling the lender that you agree to be responsible for the debt. If the borrower can’t repay the loan and associated fees, you will need to, or it could hurt your credit score. If the loan goes into default, the car could be repossessed, and that negative mark will show up on your credit report since the credit bureaus will report the car loan as yours.

1 week ago | moneywise.com | Sarah Li-Cain

More about the ‘phantom debt collector’ According to the FTC release, Redon “threatened consumers with jail time, lawsuits, and wage garnishments to pressure them into paying debt they didn’t actually owe.” WSB-TV spoke to FTC Senior Attorney Gregory Ashe about the tactics Redon used. In addition to assuming a number of false names, he also called his victims multiple times a week, sometimes calling several times a day.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Sarah Li-Cain

While installing cameras around your home is a good way to protect your valuables from being stolen, thieves appear to be getting more sophisticated with their methods. Chris Montalbano of Long Island, New York learned this lesson the hard way. Don't missThanks to Jeff Bezos, you can now become a landlord for as little as $100 — and no, you don't have to deal with tenants or fix freezers.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Sarah Li-Cain

In a New York minute, three women looking to bolster their aesthetician careers lost more than $3,000 each when a highly promoted makeup course vanished overnight, along with the influencer behind it. Marley Matamoros, Ashley Landin and Michelle Echeverry, all from New York, paid their money to take an unlicensed course led by Miami-based TikTok influencer Melanny Restrepo Herrera, who claimed to be a successful permanent makeup artist.