Archive for Finance
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IRA Contribution Amounts
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor The maximum amount you can contribute to a traditional IRA or Roth IRA in 2012 remains at $5,000 (or 100 percent of your earned income, if less), unchanged from 2011. The maximum catch-up contribution for those...
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Seniors can live in their “dream home” without expensive monthly fees…a moderate one-time down payment does it
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes The need for more senior housing in the Quad-Cities and across the nation continues unabated. Nationally, some 10,000 seniors join the retirement pool daily, and for many that means a beginning or ongoing search for a change in housing that meets their new lifestyle...
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What is Medicare Part A and B?
By Roger Brann Administrator Bettendorf Health Care Medicare Part A provides assistance for hospital care, skilled nursing care, and home health care and health maintenance organization expenses. Medicare Part B provides assistance with physician expenses, medical expenses and health care rela...
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Irish Luck Shines on Ridgecrest Retirement Village
By Karen McCoy Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village With the Ides of March upon us, Ridgecrest Village Senior Community is proud to say that we have among us one of the Irish Mothers of the Year. Joan Resnick, “Irish Mother of the Year,” 1999. As with many of the residents at Ridgecres...
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Davenport Now tax rebates could be worth $6,000-$7,000+ for buying a new Dan Dolan home
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes Thanks to Davenport Now, buyers of new homes can still receive some $5,000, $6,000, $7,000 or more in cash to offset the cost of their new home in Davenport. And, depending on the price of the home purchased, that amount could even be more than that. You can elect t...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, Illinois Office
By Christina Vital Manager Rock Island Social Security office MEDICARE PART B DEADLINE APPROACHING If you didn’t sign up for Medicare Part B medical insurance when you first became eligible for Medicare, you now have an opportunity to apply — but time is running out. The deadline for ...
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Beyond The Wealth: All Families Need an Estate Plan
By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford Have you ever thought “Hey, I’m not Bill Gates… I don’t have to worry about my estate!” If so, you can join plenty of other people who thought that way; people who thought wrong because a comprehensive estate plan is more than the simple dist...
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Taxes, Taxes, Taxes
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor This is the season! We are in that annual ritual of sorting through all those papers in preparation for income taxes. We all do it. We all are required to do it. Over the last several 50+ Lifestyles’ articles...
