A New Jersey man gets sent to prison for cashing his deceased aunt's Social Security checks for 19 years. Gregory explains the process on how to handle some of the financial issues in the death of a loved one. If this guy can get away with it for 19 years, how many other Social Security checks are going out for deceased people? Do we not have better mechanisms to catch this?

Louise in Metairie is past full retirement age for Social Security, and now looking to get the max retirement benefit. When does she have to start the process to turn on Social Security to get the max benefit the first month it's available?

Median household income has jumped to an all-time high in America. It's up over 3% since the election, so how can you maximize the extra income to get your finances together? Gregory recommends you start by making sure you have a solid emergency fund. If you have some overbearing debt you need to get off your shoulders like credit cards, maybe you should pay that down next. Are you getting the full matching on your 401k at work? Perhaps you could start savings with after-tax dollars to balance out your pre-tax retirement savings.

Gregory reports that trade industries are getting so short on skilled workers that some plumbers are now enjoying sweet employee perks like you hear about at Google: a tap with craft beer, an espresso machine, a putting green, and a smoker for brisket lunches.

Trump rattles some cages by calling off the summit with North Korea. Gregory and James immediately recognize Trump is following some of his favorite negotiating tactics he talked about in Art of the Deal.

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