The basics

When you don’t know what to do or where to start, there is one place you should always go to.  Here are the basic things that you need to do to get your life under control and get in charge of your finances.
Make Money

Let’s really get down to it. You need to make money if [...]

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House buying patience

The words in that title feel like they should never go together.  Having patience when buying a house is probably one of the most important character traits you need to exhibit.  Buying a house is a big decision that takes lots of money, dedication, time, responsibility, and effort. 

We started looking for a house in November [...]

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Best of Money Carnival 48 Winner!

I just want everyone to know that I have been featured in the Best of Money Carnival #48.  This is a great Carnival.  If you don’t know what that is, think of it as an online magazine that gets put out every week.  These carnivals are great to read because you can read some of [...]

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10 Desperate money saving tips

There are times that people want to save an extra $25 bucks at the grocery store.  There are times that people know they need to cut back on expenses to make a better life and then just sorta get around to it when it happens.  AND THEN there are those desperate times where you have [...]

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I need your input

I was reading a Money magazine two days ago and it had a ranking of some of the best money websites on the internet.  One that looked very interesting to me is Mint.com  This is a website that let’s you connect with your accounts from different companies and puts it all together into a big [...]

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Biblical Principles from Proverbs 11,12

I have to say that one of the best things that I have ever done was sit down and read through the book of Proverbs.  There is so much wisdom that can make your life better.  The difference between being smart and wise is that being smart means that you know something and being wise [...]

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Imagine Making Money

The human imagination is a very powerful thing.  For hundreds and thousands of years people have imagined things that did or could not exist.  If those people could only jump forward in time to see where we are today, the world would blow them away. 

The thing that all of the inventors and other hard workers [...]

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Practice Investing makes good cents

Have you ever wanted to try your hand at investing in the stock market?  It can be quite intimidating for the first time, and especially when you are using your own money.  What would you do or try if you could just practice investing and not have to worry about losing real cash.  You could:

Try [...]

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11 Great 40 Dollar Investments

When you save money all the time you eventually have some money saved up.  So what do people do with all of that money.  I honestly believe that most people lose track of it unless they have a specific plan and set their money aside immediately.  Now on the other hand, what do you do [...]

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Want some loan information

I have written an article on understanding loans over at PT Money. If you have any basic questions about home loans, I highly recommend that you give it a thorough look through.

I have spent lots of time learning about loans and hopefully the article will help clear up some things for you. If you have [...]

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