Money Makeover
Alicia Cardenas fixes dinner as son Anthony, 9, pleads for a snack at their North Hollywood home. With help from a financial planner, Cardenas staved off foreclosure by renegotiating her high-interest adjustable-rate mortgage into a more manageable fixed-rate mortgage. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
AUGUST 4, 2008. LONG BEACH, CA. Gayla Baker outside her suburban home in Long Beach on August 4, 2008. The single mother is getting a financial makeover to help her balance the need to pay the mortgage, keep one son in college, save for the second one, and pay the monthly bills. She’s teaches special ed at a correctional institute. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
122547.FI.0406.makeover.4.LS. Portrait of Lesley Hawks at her home on Naples Island in Long Beach. She is the subject of an upcoming money makeover column. Photo taken 4/6/07. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
134425.FI.0227.makeover.02/27/2008. Moorpark. Judy and Steve with some of their financial matters. Judy and Steve Haibach (CQ) are a couple trying to figure out how to retire soon with a pension that has been battered by the markets. A financial planner helps with a money makeover. Steve plans to retire on November 1 of this year. Photos of the couple in their Moorpark home where they have lived for 20 years. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
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