50 Simple Steps You Can Take to Disaster-Proof Your Finances: How to Plan Ahead to Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones and Survive Any Crisis [Paperback]

Ilyce R. Glink (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 14, 2002

The best time to plan for trouble—the death of a spouse, the collapse of a business, the loss of your home—is before you’re overwhelmed by it. This is especially important if you have a family or a small business or are beginning to save for your retirement. But what should you do first? In 50 Simple Steps You Can Take to Disaster-Proof Your Finances, money and real estate expert Ilyce Glink walks you step by step through the things you need to do to protect your family and your money so you can survive any crisis. Topics include:

* Getting organized: What do you have and where is it?
* Banking and credit: The credit, accounts, and emergency cash you need
* Travel: Traveling safer—and for less money
* Insurance and health: How to buy the important policies and save
* Investments: Diversifying to help you weather the tough times
* Family matters: Planning for your children’s and aging parents’ futures
* Estate matters: Wills, living wills, and more
* After the disaster: Finding the emergency aid you need

In her friendly and easy-to-understand style, Ilyce Glink shows you how to avoid the ten most common mistakes people make in planning for their future, helps you add up the numbers with simple worksheets, and guides you to the leading websites for more information. With this indispensable guide, you’ll know you’ve done the best you can do for yourself and your loved ones.

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The best time to plan for trouble—the death of a spouse, the collapse of a business, the loss of your home—is before you're overwhelmed by it. This is especially important if you have a family or a small business or are beginning to save for your retirement. But what should you do first? In 50 Simple Steps You Can Take to Disaster-Proof Your Finances, money and real estate expert Ilyce Glink walks you step by step through the things you need to do to protect your family and your money so you can survive any crisis. Topics include:

* Getting organized: What do you have and where is it?
* Banking and credit: The credit, accounts, and emergency cash you need
* Travel: Traveling safer—and for less money
* Insurance and health: How to buy the important policies and save
* Investments: Diversifying to help you weather the tough times
* Family matters: Planning for your children's and aging parents' futures
* Estate matters: Wills, living wills, and more
* After the disaster: Finding the emergency aid you need

In her friendly and easy-to-understand style, Ilyce Glink shows you how to avoid the ten most common mistakes people make in planning for their future, helps you add up the numbers with simple worksheets, and guides you to the leading websites for more information. With this indispensable guide, you'll know you've done the best you can do for yourself and your loved ones.

About the Author

ILYCE R. GLINK's newspaper column, "Real Estate Matters," is syndicated nationally. She is the money reporter for WGN-TV in Chicago and a guest host for The Clark Howard Show on WSB-AM in Atlanta. Her books include 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Improve Your Personal Finances, 100 Questions You Should Ask About Your Personal Finances, and 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband and two sons.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (May 14, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609809954
• ISBN-13: 978-0609809952
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,982,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ilyce R. Glink is an award-winning financial journalist, radio talk show host, television reporter, best-selling book author, and Internet entrepreneur.

Her goal is to help you make smarter decisions with your money, and she works toward that by providing great real estate and personal finance information online, in print, and on the radio:

* She writes the nationally-syndicated "Real Estate Matters" and "Ask The Real Estate Lawyer" columns, that appear in more than 100 newspapers and websites nationwide;
* She is the popular Home Equity blogger for MoneyWatch.com;
* She hosts a top-rated Sunday morning talk show on Newstalk 750 WSB/Atlanta;
* She hosts and produces ExpertRealEstateTips, an Internet video series with more than 300 episodes.

She has also written twelve books, including her latest, BUY, CLOSE, MOVE IN!, and the bestselling 100 QUESTIONS EVERY FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER SHOULD ASK (3rd Ed). She has also written dozens of ebooks, which are available at ThinkGlink.com.

In addition, Ilyce works with companies to create unique content managemet and marketing programs, including lead generation, nurture, and educational programs.

Follow Ilyce on Twitter (@Glink), join her Facebook fan page (Facebook.com/IlyceGlinkFanPage), and be sure to visit her websites, ThinkGlink.com and ExpertRealEstateTips.net. While you're there, sign up for her free weekly newsletter, so you can stay on top of everything that happens in the ThinkGlink.com community.