Ballpark Estimate: $400 to $1500 Do you love beautiful shoes? Do you have more pairs in your closet than chances to wear them? Is fashion more important than comfort? Do you swear by high heels? If you answered yes to these questions, chances are you appreciate the sexy, high-end footwear designs created by Jimmy Choo. The…
Ballpark Estimate: $265 to $900 (most in the $365 to $695 range) Wouldn’t you love to have one item in your closet that works for all occasions and when you slip it on, makes you look and feel sensational? That’s the premise of the Diane Von Furstenberg (also known as DVF) wrap dress. This statement piece,…
Ballpark Estimate: $5 to $10 for drugstore brands; $20 to $35+ for designer brands. One of the easiest – and perhaps most cost effective—ways to update your look is to buy a new lipstick shade. For a small investment, you will have something that you can wear again and again and it can really serve to brighten…
Ballpark Estimate: $175 to $795 Do you change your handbag as often as you change your clothes? Or do you prefer to invest in that one perfect bag that you can use all the time? Kate Spade handbags can help you accomplish either of these goals and will give you a stylish edge that people will…
Ballpark Estimate: $175 for a basic design to $3,000+ for a 14K gold and Murano glass design You’ve probably heard of Pandora’s Box. The name is likely to conjure up rich images of the Greek myth in which Pandora opens a forbidden box and unwittingly unleashes evil into the world. Over the centuries, this legend has inspired…
Ballpark Estimate: $300 for an energy evaluation, plus up to 15% of your home’s value What if your mortgage lender offered to help you finance some simple improvements to your new, or existing, home that would improve its overall efficiency and at the same time reduce your energy bill so that even with the additional mortgage expense,…
Ballpark Estimate: $35 to register a copyright online; $45 to submit a hard copy If you’ve created an original work of literature, music or art, American law provides a copyright that prohibits others from stealing it and presenting it as their own. A copyright protects your legal ownership of original work you develop so that no one…
Ballpark Estimate: No upfront costs, but you will pay more overall to increase loan term If you owe multiple students loans to pay for education, you may be able to apply for a consolidation loan that will allow you to combine all of these obligations into one and make only one monthly payment. This can make…
Ballpark Estimate: Penalties and interest increasing amount owed by 25% + Have you filed your taxes yet? If not, the deadline to do so is midnight on April 15, but the Internal Revenue Service recommends that people submit their tax paperwork even sooner if possible. This is good advice because if you owe the government…
Ballpark Estimate: $200,000 initially + $5,500 per month. If you’d like to open your own bed and breakfast, there are some things to consider before you dive head first into this endeavor. It takes a certain set of personality traits to be successful in such a service-oriented position. For instance, you must like meeting new people…
Ballpark Estimate: Up to $350 in plan fees for a 5-year loan plus the cost of interest If you are in need of money for some sudden or unexpected expenses, you may be tempted to borrow from your retirement account. This can be an easy-to-access source of funds to get you through an emergency situation. Yet…
Ballpark Estimate: 25% (or more) interest on a loan or pawned item So you take a look at your electric bill and realize you don’t have the funds to cover it. Or maybe you’ve got the funds, but they’re set aside for groceries. The electric bill is due in two days. What do you do? In…
Ballpark Estimate: Between $200 and $400 a year If your pet ever became seriously ill, would you be able to afford the expense of the veterinary bills? While in some European countries, many pet owners view pet insurance as a routine cost of the responsibility of caring for their four-legged friends, in the United States, the…
Ballpark Estimate: Interest plus as much as $150 a year in annual fees Running a successful company requires more than having a good head for business. You’ll also need easy access to an extra cash flow that you can tap into as needed in order to help you bridge those difficult financial gaps. The Need Do…
Ballpark Estimate: $1,000 to $10,000 Being stopped for drunk driving is probably your worst nightmare and the drama only gets more complicated from there. Therefore the most important thing you can do to protect yourself is to hire a DUI (Driving Under the Influence) Attorney to represent your case. The Need To Invest Driving under the…