Your Self Guide to learning what matters

Buying a home is a time of enormous possibilities and intense preparation. Use our guide to do some preliminary planning before you begin your home search. Let's help you make the entire home buying process more manageable and less overwhelming. Our guides should help you:
Check Your Credit Rating
Explore mortgage pre-qualification and pre-approval
Become an Educated Buyer: Research Neighborhoods, Read Ads and Visit Open Houses
Make a wish list to learn what you need, want and don't want in a new home.

You've heard about the importance of credit and how you need to protect your credit. What does it all mean for you? It means a lot and your credit matters because the way lenders can assess your credit risk is by checking your credit reports and credit scores. Both have an impact on your finances and both are critical to your financial health. Learn how to check your credit score, correct / dispute errors, and improve your credit record over time.

An insurance policy is a legal contract between between the insurance company (the insurer) and you (the policy holder) under which you agree to pay insurance premiums and the insurance company agrees to pay for losses under certain carefully defined circumstances.

Whether you are currently in salaried employment or thinking about going straight into running your own business right after college, you need to be clear about why you want to be your own boss and whether you truly have the skills to succeed.

This guide will not provide you with all the answers but will help you focus on your personal goals and skills and how important these are to the success of your business.