Knowing your rights. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prevents debt collection companies from contacting you during certain hours. They are ...

Imagine coming home and finding out that a cement truck is in the middle of your living room. It's hard to picture a disaster like this, but it became a reality for residents of two Daly City Homes.

Align your financial freedom with a deeper mission. A 2024 survey by ResumeBuilder revealed that 13% of retired seniors plan to re-enter the workforce in 2025. Notably, 26% of these retirees expressed ...

Fueling retiree fears on several fronts. Insecurity around Social Security isn’t necessarily new. After all, the program’s trust funds may only be able to fully support retirement benefits until 2035 ...

Why many Californians are cost-burdened. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development considers homeowners cost-burdened if they spend more than 30% of their monthly income on housing, ...

Deportations devastate farm workforce. About 50% of farm workers in the U.S. are undocumented migrants — including skilled supervisors and machine operators — according to Farmonaut, a farm technology ...

Complaints of crimes and missing person reports on cruises that dock at U.S. ports have surged in recent years, fueling what one security expert calls a “dark cloud” over an industry eager to protect ...

How to avoid being scammed by a contractor. The National Association of Realtors, citing a 2023 study from JW Surety Bonds, says that about one in 10 Americans have been a victim of a contractor scam, ...

How to protect yourself from investment scams. With fraudulent investment schemes on the rise, it’s important to keep an eye out for any potential red flags when someone is attempting to talk you into ...

A retirement account. The number of Americans who are nearing retirement without savings is alarming. AARP found last year that 20% of Americans 50 and older don't have any money socked away for their ...

Forty-year-old Jenny is a surgeon earning nearly half a million dollars a year. She called into The Ramsey Show to ask a hard financial and emotional question: “My boyfriend doesn’t want to work. Is ...

A Queens woman found what looked like a phone buried in her front lawn — but it wasn’t just lost property. Mary Kehoe, who’s lived in her Forest Hills home for 35 years, spotted the strange device ...