The Affairs Organizer Blog

(1) saving a small amount of annual premium dollars may be costly if you have a claim, since some insurers are more customer-friendly than others when paying claims. Also, insurance companies weigh a customer’s history with the company pretty heavily when making decisions about whether or not to renew a homeowners policy after a claim [...]

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Unless you “opt-out” (actively remove yourself), national consumer credit reporting companies will include you in lists for unsolicited pre-approved credit and insurance offers.
To exclude your name (people, not businesses) from these lists, call 1–888–5OPTOUT (1–888–567–8688).

Personally, I think the default status that we are all initially “opted-in” to things like this is ludicrous.

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Remember Terri Schiavo? She was the young woman who collapsed in 1990 for unknown reasons at the age of 26 and spent the next 15 years, until her death, in medical facilities being nourished through a feeding tube. Whether or not she was brain dead throughout this time has been a topic of [...]

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Months ago, I read an interesting article by John Jantsch and ended-up sending him a review copy of my book.
Several weeks later, he posted a brief-but-positive review of the book on his well-regarded Duct Tape Marketing blog.  Here’s a link: http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/06/06/are-your-affairs-in-order/
I’m grateful for his kind words, but I may have to sue him for copying [...]

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Free advance health care directive forms, (e.g. living will) for each state from the “Caring Connections” program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Web link: http://www.caringinfo.org/stateaddownload
You may also reach them via their HelpLine at 800/658-8898 or email at caringinfo@nhpco.org

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Here it is: http://www.mtgprofessor.com/table_of_contents1.htm
The site provides free, comprehensive and very useful information about mortgages, buying a house, and home ownership.
It’s a public service from Jack M. Guttentag, Professor of Finance Emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Earlier he was Chief of the Domestic Research Division of the Federal [...]

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Here it is: https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp
This the ONLY authorized online source for you to get a free credit report under federal law. You can get a free report from each of the three national credit reporting companies every 12 months.
Some other sites claim to offer “free” credit reports, but may not be secure or may charge you [...]

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