Help! Home for sale - Basile and Neuffer

Like many other California renters in early 2005, Nick Basile and his fianc e, Jackie Neuffer, felt the pressure of ballooning home prices.

$15k to get into Harvard - 5 ways to stop the madness
Plenty of parents fantasize about their child going to Harvard. But Paula and Gary Goldberg of Boca Raton, Fla. aspire instead to get their daughter Rachael, a high school junior, interested in schools other than Harvard.

Millionaires, luv that 401(k)
Most people move into a bigger house when they have kids.

Drowning in debt; what about retirement?
Question: My wife and I are self-employed. In addition to a mortgage of just under $400,000, we have a home equity line of credit on which we’ve borrowed $41,000, credit-card debt of $25,000, plus two car loans.

Holiday travel: Higher costs, more hassles
If you’re among the Americans traveling this holiday season, good luck. You’ll need it, along with a bit more cash.

The Claudios: Plan for all seasons
“No one looks after your money like you do,” says Jeff Claudio of Crestview, Fla. And few have been so successful at looking after their money as Jeff and wife Leonora.

The retirement plan Uncle Sam has right
Considering the mess that Social Security and Medicare are in, the federal government is probably the last place you’d look for insights about retirement planning.

The Martins: Millionaires in the Making
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) For most of us retirement comes at the end of our career. But for Jeff Martin, 34, retirement from the Army is just over the horizon. Martin is five years away from being able to leave the Army with a pension of half his current $5940 monthly income.