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Fantastic Freebies: Suze Orman's Will & Trust Kit

Filed under: Fantastic Freebies

Every day, WalletPop will be bringing you information about a fantastic freebie. Like what you see? Check back tomorrow for more!

Click here and use the gift code people first to receive a free online version of Suze Orman's Will & Trust Kit/Ultimate Protection Portfolio.

The hard copy version of the kit costs $12.89 on Overstock.com. Here's the product description:

This is an easy-to-use and fast way for you and other members of your household to create your own will, living revocable trust, and all the other must-have documents you need to protect you and your family. It's as easy as 1-2-3-simply personalize, print, and protect.

Suze Orman and her own estate trust attorney have created the most state-of-the-art documents found anywhere. There are more than $2,500 worth of estate documents in this kit. Why pay thousands of dollars when you can get the same documents in this kit for $19.95!

Sounds like a no-brainer Fantastic Freebie to me!

Suze Orman spoofed by Saturday Night Live

Filed under: Wealth

Last week we posted a video that featured Suze Orman giving sage advice about one of her favorite topics: debt.

This weekend, the funny people at Saturday Night Live lampooned the money maven and the results were hysterical. I like Suze as much as just about anyone, but her tendency to overemphasize unimportant words is just too easy to make fun of. Take a look below.

Suze Orman answers financial questions from consumers

Filed under: Borrowing, Cards

Suze Orman knows what she's talking about when it comes to personal finance issues. She's written several books about finance, and she made Time Magazine's top 100 most influential people in the world this year because people are listening to her!

She answered some common questions on The Today Show this week. Watch the video below for some "tough love" answers to questions like:

  • Is it bad to have a lot of credit card accounts?
  • I have student loans and credit card debt... can I buy a house?
  • What's the difference between a Roth IRA and a traditional IRA?
  • Should parents co-sign on a car loan for their child?


Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, MBA, CFE performs fraud examinations and financial investigations for her company Sequence Inc. Forensic Accounting, and is the author of Essentials of Corporate Fraud.

Suze Orman says pay off your mortgage by age 63

Filed under: Real Estate, Retire, Investing

Given that year over year property appreciation in the double digits is no longer seen as a birthright,, many retirees and soon-to-be retirees are feeling cash-strapped and aren't sure about how to plan for their futures.

In this great interview with Brian Williams, personal finance queen Suze Orman opines that people who are planning to stay in their current homes for life should make paying off their mortgages by age 63 their top financial priority. Your mortgage is $1,500 per month, by paying it off quickly you effectively reduce your retirement expenses by $1,500 per month -- it's pretty hard to make that up with savings, after taxes.

Suze's right, in the current environment: with CDs and savings accounts paying under 3%, paying off a mortgage at 6% makes sense. If interest rates rise and more attractive conservative investments become available, this strategy will lose its appeal.

Suze Orman's Mortgage Meltdown special

Filed under: Debt, Home

It used to be that when people talked about short sales, they were talking about a technique that investors in the stock market use to bet on declines.

The meaning that's currently getting the most attention -- selling a home for less than you owe on it -- was almost incomprehensible to most people during the heady days of the real estate bubble. Homes going down in value? Hah! Home prices only go up, silly! This is America!

In a depressing sign of the times, tonight's Suze Orman Show is devoted to troubled home owners looking for a way out. So far (I'm writing this halfway through the broadcast), it's quite interesting an informative, and should be viewed by all home owners in a rough spot, as well as anyone looking to understand what has happened to the real estate market.

Here's the broadcast schedule for it:

Sunday

12:00 AM, 4:00 AM, 5:00 AM (ET)

Be sure to watch for it.

Save money in a hurry: Oprah giving away free copies of Suze Orman book

Filed under: Budgets, Debt

Oprah Winfrey is giving away digital copies of Suze Orman's book, Women & Money, but the deal ends tonight at 7pm Central.... So hurry on over! The book is the real deal without any gimmicks. It is a PDF of the whole book, but the terms of the download say you're not allowed to share, copy, or forward your copy of the book.

Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny includes a five month plan Suze has crafted to help "save yourself." What Suze wants you to do, is to basically educate yourself on the most critical parts of being financially responsible, and she gives you action steps to move toward that. Suze says simplicity is the key, so the plan is not complicated.

The book has gotten great reviews, and its focus on women is necessary. Women approach money differently than men, so Suze thought it was the right time to address just women in educating them on money. If you don't get to this offer in time for your free download, you can still pick it up on Amazon.com.

Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, MBA, CFE performs fraud examinations and financial investigations for her company Sequence Inc. Forensic Accounting, and is the author of Essentials of Corporate Fraud.

WalletPop Interview: ID theft expert gives an assist

Filed under: Cards, Ripoffs and Scams, Fraud

According to a report from Gartner, about 15 million American were victims of identity theft from mid-2005 to mid-2006. And, based on the headlines -- as well as the improvements in technologies -- it seems like the threat is not abating.

To get some perspective on things, I interviewed Scott Mitic, who is an expert on ID theft and the CEO of TrustedID (he also has a great blog).

What are you seeing with ID theft?

We're seeing increases today in both child identity theft and medical identity theft -- two relatively new ways for thieves to use personal information for financial gain. Of course, the more common forms of identity theft -- credit card fraud and "new account origination" id theft -- aren't going away either.


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