Jesse Singer articles

Most yard-sale shoppers hope to find a bargain. Maybe an old lamp worth a few hundred dollars or a vintage toy that collectors love. One family in New York found something much, much, much bigger. Well, what they found wasn't that big...but its value was enormous.

Then you get home and discover that your former partner has no intention of leaving. Worse yet, they're throwing around legal terms and acting like they suddenly have rights to your home. It sounds ridiculous. But situations like this happen more often than many people realize. And it might not be as simple as you think.

How can someone worth billions pay a lower tax rate than a teacher, a nurse, or a guy working construction? They make a whole lot more and pay a whole lot less. This can't be legal....Can it?

We all hear about people being let go from jobs and getting paid out some very nice severance packages and golden parachutes. But is severance the law? If a company lets you go, what do they actually owe you?

You had a good year betting on sports, and when it was all said and done, you were ahead by $8,500. Then your uncle gives you even more good news: you don't need to worry about taxes because it's under $10,000. Sounds great...if it's true.

Most people have a jar of spare change somewhere. You took things a little further. Over the years, loose coins turned into rolls, the rolls turned into boxes, and now there's nearly $5,000 sitting in your basement. It sounds harmless enough—until you start wondering what happens when you finally try to turn all that metal into money. Could a giant pile of change raise questions you weren't expecting?

So you're thinking about doing something most people never seriously consider: closing every bank account you have and taking your money elsewhere. But if you make that leap, can you still have a credit card if you don't have a bank account? The answer might surprise you...

You walk into a casino hoping for a lucky night. But while you might know that the IRS wants its share when you win, the bigger question for most of us is: can we write it all off when we lose? The answer is more complicated than most gamblers realize.

The lawyer told them they might not need a traditional will at all. All they need, he says, is something called a 'Lady Bird' document. That sounds simple enough—but is it really? And should they take that advice?