We all have friends who seem to make weird choices with their money. I have had friends who for example had an extra fifty bucks left at the end of the week in college when we’re dirt poor say,” i didn’t know what to do so i bought a jacket.” This sounds good, [...]
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Merry Christmas everyone. I hope that everybody gets a chance to enjoy the holiday with their friends and families. Be safe on the road since it’s been freezing around here. Have a great day
So I don’t normally plan on writing about the healthcare bill or how I’m against it, but I do plan on writing how this is going to affect your financial life. This is a huge healthcare bill that is going to make a huge change not only in everybody’s daily life, but also in [...]
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So we ended up finding a piece of property that we both liked and had been reduced before. We came to find out that this property was a short sale, so we spent some time looking at what one was and what problems it might incur. After checking on everything we could, we [...]
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So there is this really good house that we ended up finding. The great thing about this house is the fact that we liked it before we even decided to put an offer on it. After we decided to get more information about this place. It looked like it was going to [...]
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So I just read about this new app for smart phones that sounds like it’s going to be en excellent way for people to become even smarter consumers when it comes to finding lower prices and good deals. you can find the link here. Since most of us are out running around looking for gifts [...]
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So after setting our search criteria and going and looking at homes, we looked at about 10 and then settled on one that looks to be the best value for us. I am planning on getting a home that we can keep for good. come to find out that the place is a [...]
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Okay I just finished selling my house and am in an apartment right now, I am going today for the first time with my realtor to look at houses. Since I know that the selling process was tough enough, I am going to write about my journey through buying a house and the lending [...]
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This time of year is crazy, I was out looking around today and it strikes me as odd how many people are out buying crazy gifts, me included. I do tend to splurge much more than I should, but that is my financial side talking. There is also another investment which can be [...]
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I just watched this video at CNN where the Director for the Center of Retirement Research at Boston College, Alicia Munell, has said what I have been thinking for years. The 401K is not enough to retire on. It was planned as a supplement to your retirement. This is what all young [...]
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