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Love & Money: Is It Really Cheaper to Keep Her?

With the average divorce proceedings in the U.S. lasting about a year and lawyer’s fees ranging anywhere from $250 to $500 (if not higher) an hour, getting a divorce can be quite a costly process. More times than not, the hardest financial blow hits men, who, in the event the couple has kids, rarely get custody and—traditionally earning more than women—have to pay alimony, hence the old saying, “It’s cheaper to keep her.”

Using Real Estate To Build Wealth

With additional reporting from Carl Unegbu & Aissatou Sidime When Marceline Alburg refinanced her two-family home in Brooklyn, New York, last October, she had some lofty goals in mind. “I...

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