529 plans

One of the most popular ways to save for higher education is through a savings or prepaid tuition plan known as a Section 529 qualified tuition program, or 529 plan. Currently 49 states and the District of Columbia offer 529 plans. Thirty-three states give a state tax break to parents, grandparents…

Grandparents apparently hold more sway over their grandchildren's saving habits than they know.

We are currently in the midst of completing the college search for one son and beginning the college search for our second son.  We've needed a crash course to keep up with the application and search process these days but the savings work had started years earlier.  While most of the work falls to…