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“The Week in Review: Money Issues” is my weekly blog research on financial topics that define us as Americans, and shape the way we should do business.

Oh man, listen to the week I was forced to have …

First off, my new Ryan Howard authentic road jersey arrived on Wednesday and it was way too small, so I had to return it (this isn’t a big deal … I just wanted to let you know that I’m representing my team, after all is said and done). Then my crappy property management called me after two weeks of daily harassing phone calls from yours truly (in my defense: they’re letting new people into my complex for $150/month less than what I have been paying for three years. My advice: If you’re planning to move to Boca Raton, stay far away from Investments Limited [a.k.a The Apartment People] as these people are scum-bag, rip-off artists) to tell me that they can lower my next yearly lease (which is coming up soon) by $42 buck a month (whoa … don’t do me any favors!). Needless to say, I told them that I’ll be moving out this time around (jerk-offs) and good luck finding respectable tenants in this buyer’s market! Oh, as for my workload: it was super-manageable this week — I love my career!

Now, on to the good stuff (at least in my opinion): Continued

There’s a funny thing about taxes: most people tend to approach them backward.  They sit around between January 1 and April 15 and start sorting through their accumulated paperwork, looking for ways to save.

The problem is that by then it’s too late to take advantage of many of the tax-saving opportunities that do exist.  A smarter way to approach this task is to plan ahead, not behind.  You can be proactive and plan a year-round tax strategy that will yield the lowest possible tax bill when April 15 comes around again.  Sitting down and filling out your return is actually only the last step in such a strategy. Continued