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1 day ago | moneywise.com | Maurie Backman

An incredible success story Quach is the founder of QB Fabrication in Clackamas, Oregon. As the company's website says, it’s the "largest producer of steel lattice towers in the Pacific Northwest," with a facility spanning about 4.5 acres that's capable of producing more than 500,000 pounds per month. But Quach had to come a long way to reach this point.

3 days ago | moneywise.com | Danielle Antosz

How the city is helping residents St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer says officials are working toward tackling such buying practices, according to the local broadcaster. One action the city has taken is to pause real estate tax sales and what Spencer called “land grabs.” Still, homeowners may feel pressure to sell from so-called disaster investors.

3 days ago | moneywise.com | Vishesh Raisinghani

Expenses are the key The key to accumulating wealth is managing expenses. Many ultra-high-income individuals struggle to break into the millionaires club because they let lifestyle inflation consume them. In fact, 36% of Americans earning more than $200,000 a year said they were living paycheck to paycheck, according to a PYMNTS survey from 2024.

4 days ago | moneywise.com | Danielle Antosz

How did Kingsep keep receiving payments? Kingsep's fraud, the office says, relied on a complex system of mail forwarding that helped him receive and send mail in his mother's name. Citing court documents, it says he used multiple private mailbox accounts in California, Vancouver and Alaska to intercept and reroute mail. It's estimated the scheme was devised in 1995 and continued undetected until 2023, when a federal investigator uncovered the deception. At this point, the payments were stopped.

4 days ago | moneywise.com | Maurie Backman

Debate over the Fallen Tree Act Proponents of the bill believe it’s unfair for people to have to pay for property damage caused by their neighbor’s tree. Even if insurance covers the costs, each claim means higher premiums and paying a deductible. Advocates of the Fallen Tree Act also liked the fact that it would grant homeowners the right to remove a neighbor’s tree if it was growing partially on their property without permission. But as Medium reports, not everyone was in favor of the bill.