August 6, 2020 For the homeowner: mortgage recasting You want to recast your mortgage if you have an existing mortgage and you are interested in lowering your current monthly payments. This generally requires an extra principal payment of at least $5000 to recast your mortgage. You will need to submit an offer letter to your lender and pay [...]
June 5, 2020 Tax reducing programs most business owners don’t know about Three tax reducing programs you might not be aware of as a small business owner 1. Georgia HEART program The Georgia HEART program was launched by our state legislature to support rural hospitals. This program helps fund local hospitals and provides incentives [...]
May 20, 2020 The talk (on money) By Dale Alexander A little background on Dale Alexander, a friend of Goodwin Investment Advisory. Dale has been blessed to pour inspiration and motivation into others for 30 years. He is a well-known employee benefits broker and advisor. Dale combines his passions with speaking opportunities [...]
May 4, 2020 How are my investments performing? How do you know if you have good, average, or poor performance? When Your Portfolio out-performs or under-performs the market, ask yourself, which market? (stocks, bonds, commodities, or something else) This means using benchmarks. Some common benchmarks are: The DOW: The Dow Jones Industrial [...]
April 30, 2020 Some words of wisdom for all the graduates not able to participate in an actual graduation ceremony due to COVID-19. Sorry that this has not worked out well for you this year. We are proud of you and you deserve to be celebrated for your hard work! L.A.U.N.C.H - We [...]
April 29, 2020 I’m sure if you’re like me, you’re just itching to travel, or engage in an adventure of epic proportions. This is typical of my enthusiast, enneagram 7, personality type on a normal day, but after being quarantined due to this pandemic for 7 plus weeks now, I am wanting [...]
April 17, 2020 Some good news and ways to stay sane during Covid-19. Shout out to John Krasinski and his “Some Good News” episodes. Check out Episode 1, 2, and 3 here. He began celebrating the heroism and power of the human spirit during coronavirus. Tara Bruce, Creative Brand Manager at Goodwin Investment Advisory wanted to follow in [...]
April 10, 2020 As the economy suffers, why does the stock market rally? By Justin Pitcock The vast majority of media is currently touting about how bad the economy is, even comparing economic metrics like the unemployment rate to the great recession. You may have heard that on Friday May 8th that the [...]
April 10, 2020 Andy Stanley, Lead Pastor of North Point Ministries, posed this question. "How do I protect myself and my family without abdicating my responsibility to love my neighbor?" His response: "We certainly aren’t the first generation of Christians to wrestle with that question. In the 14th century, the bubonic plague began its march across [...]
Who do you want to be during COVD-19? In the midst of a pandemic we tend to fall in one or all of these three categories. April 9, 2020 1. Fear Zone In the fear zone you are in fight or flight mode. You are hoarding food and toilet paper, complaining and whining, [...]
