Get familiar with your home insurance
If you took a set-it-and-forget-it approach to your homeowner’s insurance, consider getting reacquainted. In addition to replacement and repairs, you need…
Author: Rick Good
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader's money, real estate, and business coverage.
Tax tips for the year
January can be misunderstood when it comes to taxes: You can do a lot more than wait for 1099s and W-2s. There’s even time to make adjustments to your…
How to knock out noise in open-plan office
The beauty of open-plan offices…no barrier to communication, flow of ideas, people connect, gossip ensues, conversations buzz . . . But what if you have…
The late Tony Hsieh’s profitable solution to job satisfaction
One the most original thinkers in business, Tony Hsieh, died in November in a house fire in Connecticut. Hsieh, 46, left a vast legacy of…
A New Year message you can use (and change) for your personal or business newsletter
A note to 2020: What an unusual year In most years, New Year messages wonder what we will remember about the old year. As far as 2020 goes, you have to…
Historic Dow Jones run
The Dow Jones began an incredible record-setting run on Jan. 25, 2017 when the index hit 20,000 for the first time. This was followed by four more records…
Ask the expert
The seller of a home we like says assuming his mortgage would be a good deal for us. Would it? Maybe. We can surely examine the deal. But with interest…
Give the kids a real gift this year: Tell them how to buy a home
Just 100 years ago, many people didn’t take mortgages. They simply saved for a patch of land, dug a basement and put a roof on it. Then they lived there…
Board game geeks take tips from website
Board games did not end with Monopoly or because of Nintendo. No, friends, board games live on and come in an astonishing array of types and subjects. In…
Board game sales spike during quarantine
What has everyone been doing during the endless months of COVID-19 quarantine? Lots of families turned to old-fashioned board games for inexpensive and…