Self-employed borrowers need additional documentation, such as bank statements or tax returns, to prove income stability. Keeping organized records and showing consistent income trends improve your ...

Mortgage lenders usually verify your employment by contacting your employer directly and reviewing recent income documentation. The borrower must sign a form authorizing an employer to release ...

As someone who’s been self-employed for two decades, saving for retirement is a challenge. I set up my own retirement accounts a long time ago, in addition to college savings and an emergency fund.

Kim Porter began her career as a writer and an editor focusing on personal finance in 2010. Since then, her work has been published everywhere from Forbes Advisor to U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, ...

The E-Verify program became mandatory for large federal contractors in 2008. It also is used voluntarily, with a total of about 220,000 participating employers in 2010. The Homeland Security ...