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Jan 8 2021 01, 2021

The Three Costs of a Debt Settlement Agreement

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Working out a deal to settle a delinquent debt for a percentage of the balanced owed is one of the most commonly recommended tactics for anyone starting out on the road to getting out of debt and improving their personal financial situation. However, there are often costs associated with these deals that many consumers simply [...]

Jan 5 2021 01, 2021

Changing the Gig Economy in California

By |January 5th, 2021|Blog|Comments Off on Changing the Gig Economy in California

After a record amount of debate on just about every aspect of the issue, California voters passed Prop 22 with approximately 60% majority this past November. And with the votes officially counted, it is time to pivot the conversation to what new policies gig economy workers and consumers can expect moving forward. Prop 22 is [...]

Dec 1 2020 12, 2020

What to Expect From Unemployment Numbers in California

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As we head into the final two months of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has already killed more than 200,000 Americans and forced hundreds of thousands more out of work. Here in California, we have felt the weight of both numbers throughout the entire year. However, there is a slight cause for optimism here following the [...]

Nov 19 2020 11, 2020

Big Changes Coming to California Debt Collection Law

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In late September of 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two new pieces of legislation into law that could have a lasting impact on the way that commercial debt collection agencies are able to operate here in the state of California. After spending years discussing the possibility, the state will now begin issuing licenses for any [...]

Oct 5 2020 10, 2020

Six Personal Finance Books to Change Your Life During Quarantine

By |October 5th, 2020|Blog|Comments Off on Six Personal Finance Books to Change Your Life During Quarantine

Remember back in March when we all thought this pandemic thing was only going to inconvenience our lives for a few weeks? Well, that came and went. So did Tiger King, The Last Dance, and about a dozen other ways to break up the monotony of spending almost all of our waking hours at home. [...]

Sep 25 2020 09, 2020

Four Ways Covid-19 Has Forever Changed Our Personal Finance Budgets

By |September 25th, 2020|Blog|Comments Off on Four Ways Covid-19 Has Forever Changed Our Personal Finance Budgets

The Covid-19 pandemic that started as a couple of weeks at home back in March has slowly consumed more than half of the year, and there is a very good chance that our lives have been forever changed thanks to our time spent in quarantine. No matter how much or how little your personal life [...]

Sep 19 2020 09, 2020

Six Things Small Businesses Can Learn from the NBA Bubble Success

By |September 19th, 2020|Blog|Comments Off on Six Things Small Businesses Can Learn from the NBA Bubble Success

With exciting games happening almost every night for multiple months now, there is absolutely no denying that the NBA bubble has been a monster success. That success was built upon fantastic production value, lots of creativity, and of course, all of the star players that were willing to leave their families behind in order to [...]

Sep 14 2020 09, 2020

California Lawmakers Propose New Tax That Applies to Former Residents

By |September 14th, 2020|Blog|Comments Off on California Lawmakers Propose New Tax That Applies to Former Residents

Just when you thought that things couldn’t possibly get any crazier, a California lawmaker proposed a new wealth tax last month that applies to residents, including those that choose to leave in search of homes with better tax situations. While the headline sounds pretty outrageous, the fact of the matter is that the state of [...]

Aug 22 2020 08, 2020

How to Protect Your Business from the Coming Recession

By |August 22nd, 2020|Blog|Comments Off on How to Protect Your Business from the Coming Recession

Those $1,200 stimulus checks from the federal government are long gone. Businesses that were fortunate enough to receive the PPP loans have mostly spent through those nest eggs. Anyone that has been keeping up with their bills because of the extra $600 per week the government is playing for unemployment is about to lose those [...]

Aug 17 2020 08, 2020

Six Ways You Can Improve Your Post-Covid Finances

By |August 17th, 2020|Blog|Comments Off on Six Ways You Can Improve Your Post-Covid Finances

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on businesses around the globe, it is only a matter of time before government stimulus money runs out and the pain felt by those businesses trickles down to individual people across just about every tax bracket. Regardless of where you might fall on the income spectrum, there [...]

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