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Credit Score Update

by Judy Heft | Sep 27, 2022 | Credit

When we’re just about done in the hiring process, we check the applicant’s credit — with their express permission. For a company like ours, which serves in a fiduciary role, it would not be in our clients’ best interest to hire someone with bad debt, or do...

The Importance of Your Credit Score

by Liz Levy | Oct 13, 2020 | Credit, Daily Money Management, Finance

Your credit score is one of the most important measures of your financial health because it tells lenders how responsibly you handle your finances. The factors that contribute to a high credit score include a history of on-time payments; keeping a low balance on your...

Spring Clean Your Finances

by Judy Heft | Apr 28, 2020 | Daily Money Management

We’re at the point now where people are starting to glimpse some silver linings around the COVID cloud. One such sliver of good news came when the three credit reporting agencies — Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian — announced they would be offering a free credit...

5 Ways to Plug the Slow Leaks in Your Finances

by Judy Heft | Aug 15, 2018 | Finance

In my last article I talked about a service that takes your spare change and invests it for you. Today I’ll be talking about the opposite — things that steal your spare change. The biggest one is not canceling your unused subscriptions. They are like...

The Consequences of Going AWOL

by Judy Heft | Sep 20, 2017 | Daily Money Management, Organization

I have a friend whose relationship with organization is strained at best. Recently, he made a pretty harmless error that carried outsized, dire consequences — a mistake that Judith Heft & Associates could have prevented if he had hired us. As Eric was preparing to...