The case for not paying off your mortgage by retirement
Being debt free doesn?t beat having cash in the bank, one financial adviser argues.
Self-employed? How to get a mortgage
Being your own boss can come with a host of perks such as setting your own dress code (read: pajamas), a flexible schedule and a cubicle-less existence. But one financial benefit — tax write-offs — morphs into an ugly disadvantage when self-employed workers try to get a mortgage.