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12 Jun 2025 Our Furry Family Members

Posted at 16:21h in The Friday Brief by Ellen Martin

To know me is to know how much I love dogs. We have an almost 8-year-old Brittany named Ollie and love him dearly. Baker and Graham are obsessed with him too, and one of my main parenting goals is complete – to raise dog lovers!...

01 May 2025 Taxes are (maybe) done – now what?

Posted at 17:16h in The Friday Brief by Ellen Martin

For those of us with 2024 taxes in the rearview mirror, now is a great time to think about your tax outcome and consider a few questions to set yourself up well for 2025. Perhaps you owed more than you planned, and had to dip...

03 Apr 2025 Navigating College Funding Options

Posted at 19:31h in The Friday Brief by Ellen Martin

Somehow, it’s already April. Hopefully those of us in North Carolina are almost through The Pollening and into Actual Spring. April is also the month when high school seniors compare financial aid offers and make final school decisions. The recent changes in the Department of Education...

20 Feb 2025 FIYA, not FIRE

Posted at 14:14h in The Friday Brief by Ellen Martin

I suspect most of our readers know of the FIRE acronym - Financial Independence, Retire Early. I came across a recent Pew Research report that discussed how the age of young adults reaching financial independence from their parents is shifting later, so thought this week's...