The recent recession has done a lot of damage, but one area where it may have helped is increasing Americans’ awareness of where their retirement planning stands Amidst the horror stories of forced early retirements among people in their fifties and sixties, and of people forced to continue working for years after they planned on retiring, more Americans are actually looking at their retirement planning, and asking some difficult questions

Time was, a person had to be disgustingly rich (the technical term is “independently wealthy”) to simply leave home and travel the world for extended periods of time Today, not only do you not have to be rich, but in many cases you can still work while you’re traveling

In today's America, most landlords own only a few rental properties, and managing a rental property and lease agreement is merely something most landlords do as a side investment while working a full time job and raising a family However, landlords fitting this description tend to invest only minimal time in their rental properties, which can lead to greater headaches and frustrations down the road