If you are on full and permanent disability you can remove funds from your IRA without becoming liable to pay the 10% early withdrawal penalty. However, you will be subject to income tax liability for funds removed. Check with your accountant before you do anything. Confirm that you are qualified to make these withdrawals and [...]
This weekend me and the family are going on our annual pilgrimage to the beach. We told the little Devil about the planned vacation and this was his response: "I love vacation! I love the beach! I need to get a bucket and a shovel so I can put the sand with water and make [...]
When we become end stage, many of our life insurance policies will pay part of our death benefit, tax-free, while we are still alive! If your life insurance policy allows and if you and your family can get comfortable and acknowledge that you are in fact terminal, it might be possible to receive up to [...]
I have returned from the Department of Defense (DOD) Peer Review Process in Reston. I am happy to report that my airport experience was uneventful. Actually, I was able to get on an earlier flight and returned to New York City three hours prior to my original schedule. I now have had an opportunity to [...]
NEW YORK CITY SURVIVORS 2nd Meet-Up Event Representing Prostate Cancer on the cover of New York Magazine and being profiled inside was empowering, both for survivors from Malecare and for New Yorkers dealing with all kinds of cancer! (see the posts of May 22 & 24) To keep the ball rolling, a 2nd meet-up event [...]