Health insurance – One monster hurdle to self-employment

If you’ve ever thought about leaving a job with health insurance for part-time work or self-employment, chances are you were stopped short by the challenge of getting affordable coverage. The cost of private health care is so prohibitive, you probably ran screaming back to your day job, thankful at least for that aspect of it.
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Living the dream… Paying the bills?

Ever wonder what it would be like to own a winery, an inn, or a minor league sports team?  How about leading outdoor adventures, writing novels or Broadway musicals?    There’s no shortage of stories about career changers switching to their dream job, but most gloss over the question on everyone’s mind:  “Yeah, but can I make [...]

Job shaky? Prep for an “involuntary career change”

With the economy still unstable and layoffs, head count reduction, downsizing, rightsizing, whatever they’re calling it these days… a continuing threat at many companies, do yourself a favor and polish up your financial plan now, before you are the unwitting target of an “involuntary career change.” These tips, first published in late 2007, are [...]