Cars & Coverage

Buying smart, avoiding dealer traps, and getting the right insurance for where you're stationed.

Upside Down: Negative Equity and GAP Insurance
Owe more than the car is worth? Here's how it happens and how to stop it.
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Buy Your First Car Without Getting Burned
The lot outside the gate reads you. Line up financing, budget, and keep your leverage.
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Dealer Add-Ons and Extended Warranties to Skip
GAP, extended warranties, paint protection, etching: the add-ons to question or decline.
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Auto Insurance: What You Actually Need
Required versus optional coverage, what PCS or deployment changes, and storing a car.
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Renters Insurance for the Barracks and Off Base
The base insures the building, not your gear. What renters covers, and why it's cheap.
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Term vs. Permanent Life Insurance
The difference, why term usually fits a young service member, and how to read the pitch.
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