Tigress Tales
Important and sometimes irreverent personal finance tips, strategies, and stories to educate, amuse, and motivate. It’s a big job, but someone has to do it!
Moving CAN be for Wimps
#TigressTips for a smooth move In case you are one of the millions who doesn’t know, and one of the dozen or so who might care…Paper Tigress has a new home! Our relocation just 15 minutes from Christiana Mall in Delaware, will allow a greater service radius and we...
When ADHD Robs You Blind
If you are one of the 4% of American adults coping with ADHD, you understand how challenging it is to manage your daily finances. You’ve probably called yourself a number of unflattering names when a check bounces or a bill goes unpaid. Others may think you are lazy...
D.I.Y. Identity Protection
Should You Consider an Identity Protection Plan? A client recently asked me about using an Identity Protection service and I told her I would do some research before she plunked her monthly fee down. I’ll share my comparison of plans but I also found that you can do...
Choosing Whom to Trust
Choosing Whom to Trust When it comes to choosing a Power of Attorney, you can’t be too careful Selma chose her oldest son as her Power of Attorney instead of her daughter because he lived closer. When he used her money to invest in some ‘get rich quick’ scheme, she...
How Financially Vulnerable Are You?
How Financially Vulnerable Are You? 5 Warning Signs Aging is a long slow process that we try our best to prevent, delay, ignore, or otherwise avoid at all costs. Inevitably, the day comes that we realize something has changed. We are still the same person, with...
Assisted Banking Conundrum
Assisted Banking Conundrum Preserving security while allowing 3rd party access In my world, assisted banking is commonplace. My clients range from busy professionals who have no time to deal with the minutia behind their financial status, to elders who need protection...
Is Tax Time Like An Easter Egg Hunt?
Have you ever watched a group of kids racing around to find Easter eggs? Each one rushes to find the next egg and stuff it in their basket. The basket is overflowing, and they don’t even know which eggs they have, but they keep running around to collect...
The Best Game Plan Ever!
Best Game Plan Ever! Lessons from the Super Bowl Lii Champs The EAGLES won the Super Bowl! The Eagles WON the Super Bowl! I’m still pinching myself. We’ve been to the brink so many times, only to be left bereft. This time it happened! They had a game plan....
Walk Away from Stress
Keep Stress from Sabotaging Your Productivity Last week I attended the AADMM (American Association of Daily Money Management) Annual Conference and came back to work with an incredible list of things that I need to implement in my business. As I was going through my...
Giving to the Grandchildren
Giving to the Grandkids Are you being wise with your resources? There are 70 million grandparents in our nation today, and their numbers are increasing twice as fast as other US household types1. The average grandparent age is now just 48! Grandparents control about...