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Financial crisis and the Fisher House

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10 Dec

Today’s financial mess is affecting everyone. But, is it affecting our troops who are fighting a multi-front war and maintaining split households? On this week’s Blog Talk Radio You Served show CJ and I will be talking with Mr. Nathaniel Long, CEO of the VA Mortgage Center. Mr. Long will discuss whether or not Veterans will be affected by the current mortgage crisis and whether now is a good time to buy. Another addition to our line up is Mr. Jeff Rose. Jeff Rose is a Certified Financial Planner and co-founder of Alliance Investment Planning Group. He is also the author of Good Financial Cents, a financial planning and investment blog. You can also learn more about Jeff at his website www.JeffRoseFinancial.com

We will also be talking with Mr. Ken Fisher who is Chairman and CEO of the Fisher House Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that constructs “comfort homes” for families of hospitalized military personnel and veterans. Founded in 1990 by his late uncle Zachary Fisher, the program aids more than 10,000 guest families each year and has saved families more than $80 million. To date, the foundation has built 38 houses at military bases and VA medical centers across the country and overseas, in Landstuhl, Germany. It plans to complete 21 more houses by the end of 2010. We will be talking to Ken about all the great things that Fisher House does and how the American people can help Fisher House help our Warriors and their families. You can get to know Ken a little before the show by checking out his bio at http://www.fisherhouse.org/aboutUs/5_FHkenFisherBio.pdf

Be sure to visit http://www.blogtalkradio.com/youserved at 7:00 PM EST on Thursday night to listen, or come back and listen to the archive at a later time.

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