Living in eight different States and working with hundreds of small businesses and investors for the past thirty years, Cathy has learned that the real estate values are the base of our economy and generally, the only way the lower and middle income citizens can build any kind of retirement.

Obviously, there have been up and down markets during these years, but everyone agrees that we are facing the most difficult financial decisions most of us (under 80) have ever faced.  It is more important than ever that everyone takes the time to understand their own financial position and all of their financial options.  All of us (I have to remind myself of this all the time) must be flexible and unattached to the "plan".  All plans are out the window from when we retire (if??), how much we will have for retirement, where and how we will live, what colleges our childred will attend etc. etc.

One of the biggest changes a lot of us will be facing is whether we need to start completely over with job education, accumulating savings etc.  My goal is to try to keep my clients the fans of this website informed of what is happening currently in the financial world and what I am seeing as options out there for all of us to be aware of.

For instance, in the job market right now the biggest market is probably health care.  I have contractors going back to school to become nurses.  We are all going to have to become much more techinically and financially literate.  We are an "online" world.  A lot of us have been fighting that, but if you need job in the future, you need to know as much about available technology as possible.

Let me know if you are interested in business planning workshops, real estate education classes, and especially what you would like to see in online offerings.