Quarter in Charts – Q3 2020
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Quarter in Charts – Q3 2020

COVID-19 Still Hits Hard “What a year this week has been.”  That was the response I got from a friend when I asked him how things were going. And it is probably what most of us have felt as we process COVID-19, the economy, elections, and the market on top of managing work, family, school,…

5 Item Checklist For New Dentists
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5 Item Checklist For New Dentists

Swimming has specific markers that you can use to predict someone’s potential. For instance, if you were to judge a group of strangers from afar to see who had the most significant swimming promise, you would look for physical markers that set them apart before they even got in a pool. These markers would be…

Quarter in Charts – Q2 2020
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Quarter in Charts – Q2 2020

So, How Was Your Day? Your Quarter? Your Year? It’s hard to wrap my mind around the wildly different experiences we’ve all had over the last four months. For every quarantined person who has learned to bake sourdough, many more kids aren’t getting their school lunches. For anyone who has realized they can do their…

PSLF: The Best Student Loan Program for Non-Profit and Government Employees
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PSLF: The Best Student Loan Program for Non-Profit and Government Employees

The most advantageous program for non-profit and government employees is PSLF (Public Service Loan Forgiveness.) It features the shortest payoff period (10 years!) and tax-free loan forgiveness (which could be worth tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars!) PSLF sounds good, but the process for forgiveness can be complicated. And considering that only 2%…

Working From Home: Can I Deduct That?
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Working From Home: Can I Deduct That?

This summer as I’ve flipped the April, May, and June pages in the 2020 paper calendar, filled with photos featuring kids’ and grandkids’ events from 2019, I’ve wondered what photos will fill my 2021 Shutterfly calendar: making sourdough bread, more photos of dogs than grandkids, and photos of finally finished jigsaw puzzles? Who thought we’d…