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Tables of Contents for Family Finance
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Why a Book about Family Finance?
A Whole New Ball Game
ix
Information Overload
xi
What You Won't Find in this Book
xii
Acknowledgments
xiii
That Was Then, This Is Now
1
6
The Financial Heebie-Jeebies
1
2
What It Really Costs to Have Children
3
4
Till Debt Do Us Part
7
16
Why So Many Families End Up Hitting the Debt Wall
For Richer and for Poorer
8
4
The Dirty Little Secret
12
11
The Perils of Plastic
23
18
How to Avoid Getting in Trouble with Credit Cards
24
2
Finance Charges: Do You Need an Interpreter?
26
2
Finding a Credit Card You Can Live With
28
2
Beating the Credit Card Companies at Their Own Game
30
1
How Much Debt Is Too Much Debt?
31
4
What You Don't Know about Your Credit Rating Can Hurt You
35
3
How to Tell When It's Time to Call It Quits
38
3
Will That Be One Income or Two?
41
26
The Rest of the Story
42
8
How Can You Quit When You're the Boss?
50
1
Trimming Your Budget
51
13
Us, Inc.
64
3
The Wish List
67
10
What's Wrong with This Picture?
67
1
Taking a Step Back
68
3
Walking the Talk
71
6
Home Is Where the Mortgage Is
77
28
How Much House Can You Afford?
79
2
What to Do before You Call Your Lender
81
2
How the Banks Decide How Much to Lend You
83
1
What Your Lender Will Want to Know
84
2
When to Apply
86
1
Learning the Language of Loans
87
3
Interest Zappers
90
1
All in the Family
91
3
Finding the Home That's Right for You
94
2
Closing Costs
96
3
What Every Homeowner Needs to Know about Property Insurance
99
1
Selling Your House
100
1
The Biggest Homebuying Mistakes---and How to Avoid Them
101
1
The Tax Implications of Home Ownership
102
3
Hello SUV, Goodbye Car
105
12
The Money Pit Revisited
105
12
Hitting the Books
117
18
Why Junior Needs Your Help
117
2
Ways to Save for Your Child's Education
119
7
The Tax Implications of Saving for Your Child's Education
126
3
Pennies from Heaven
129
6
Surviving the First Year
135
10
Don't Shop till You Drop
135
3
Your Baby's Wardrobe
138
2
From Here to Maternity
140
1
Shopping Secondhand
141
2
Your Baby's Room
143
1
The Rest of the Story
144
1
Death and Taxes
145
14
Where There's a Will
145
5
Choosing a Guardian for Your Children
150
6
Estate Tax Planning
156
3
Hedging Your Bets
159
16
Life Insurance: Who Needs It?
159
8
Disability Insurance
167
3
Medical Insurance
170
5
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
175
16
Saving versus Investing: What's the Difference?
176
5
The Feeling Is Mutual
181
6
Scam Busters
187
4
Life after Children
191
20
The Not-So-Golden Years
192
4
What You Can Expect to Get from Government Coffers
196
3
Corporate Pension Plans
199
6
Individual Pension Plans
205
4
Plans for the Self-Employed
209
2
The Next Generation
211
8
Raising Money-Smart Kids
212
3
Making Allowances
215
4
Conclusion
219
2
Glossary
221
8
Resources
229
16
Recommended Readings
245
2
Index
247