On June 29, 2009, Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 years for perpetrating the most immense fraud of all time. Celebrities, physicians, pension funds and captains of industry all lost fortunes investing in Madoff’s gargantuan ponzi scheme. All too often, crime and bankruptcy go hand in hand. This infographic explores a eight of the most […]
Katherine: Hello everyone, and thank you so much for joining us on “This Needs to be Said”. Our friend, attorney Ron Drescher, is here with us on Today, and we’re going to continue to help you understand bankruptcy and how it can help you reset your life. There’s something that Ron is going to show […]
Saving money is hard. Really hard. In order to set money aside as savings, you have to have extra money. And one way to do that, is to cut costs. It’s true that seems easier said than done, but there are resources out there to help. One such avenue is Quora, a question and answer […]
Katherine: Hello everyone and thank you so much for joining us here on This Needs to Be Said radio. Our friend, Attorney Drescher, has joined us again and today he’s going to talk about real estate bankruptcy. And I’m not sure what that means. That’s why you and I are tuning in to take notes. […]
In the early years of “The Great Depression”, golf immortal Bobby Jones and his colleagues believed that the economy would soon turn around and businessmen in the northeast US would flock to an exclusive golf club open only during the winter months. Like so many others, Jones miscalculated the ravages of the financial downturn and […]
Everyone loves a deal. Buying something at a discount feels like winning. Not only do you get the thing you want, but you pay less than other people who bought it! (You hope.) Online shopping allows you to quickly price shop and compare. But there are so many places to buy from, it’s hard to […]
This infographic proves that good looks and good marriages don’t always protect you from bad planning in the unforgiving boutique of finance. Overspending, gross mismanagement and blind greed plundered the fortunes of these seven Housewives who seemed to have it all. Some, like Michaele Salahi and Taylor Armstrong, became enmeshed in their husbands’ fraudulent schemes, […]
Beginning on August 15, 1969, the small New York hamlet of Woodstock played host to an immortal lineup of musicians and hundreds of thousands of their fans. One of the stars who appeared on that iconic stage was David Crosby, who despite his immense fame ultimately found himself on the wrong side of the law […]
So David Lardner bought a 2005 Volvo Station Wagon for $3,900 at auction. Pretty good deal? Looks that way, but he didn’t know for sure until he brought his car past a trusted mechanic. After spending $170, David saw that his car only needed an oil change and air filter, a pretty spectacular outcome, really, […]
For David Lardner, he had low standards for his $5,000 car, but there were standards: Find a car that was less than ten years old and Had four matching tires with reasonable tread life left. All the lights functioning and with Little in the way of body damage Having access to the vehicle identification number […]
