HOW TO: Select a Profitable Rental Property
Posted on May 18, 2007 - Filed Under How To, Rental Property | 4 Comments
I have been looking into rental property quite a bit since there is so much housing inventory for sale in my area. After multiple years of being a seller’s market the tides are turning, and buyers have the upper hand. Prices have not dropped dramatically but have leveled off and many sellers are accepting lower […]
Read More..>>Festival of Frugality: 74th Edition
Posted on May 17, 2007 - Filed Under Festival of Frugality | Leave a Comment
The Festival of Frugality Edition 74 has just been released by Millionster.com and is ready for review by all. I can attest after scanning this edition there is tons of great content. The How to Lower Pet Costs post I wrote made the cut, plus check out some of the other highlights:
Healthy Eating on a […]
Read More..>>Carnival of Personal Finance: 100th Edition
Posted on May 16, 2007 - Filed Under Carnival of Personal Finance | Leave a Comment
The 100th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance is here and hosted by Madame X at My Open Wallet. For the 100th edition Madame X did an excellent job sorting through the articles, and included an even 100 articles of pure personal finance content. I had the good fortune to be included in the Carnival […]
Read More..>>Wachovia Charging for Direct Sync Access to MS Money or Quicken
Posted on May 14, 2007 - Filed Under Banking | 5 Comments
Wachovia is beginning to charge customers $5.95 a month for Direct Sync Access to Microsoft Money and Quicken. When I hear about banks charging fees like this it drives me crazy because it should not be this way, and there are alternatives. 2million - My Journey to Financial Freedom recently wrote about Wachovia charging for […]
Read More..>>Problogger.net Top 5 Writing Project Final List
Posted on May 13, 2007 - Filed Under Blogging, Financial Planning | 9 Comments
Earlier this week I submitted an entry to Darren Rowse’s Top 5 Group Writing Project called Top Five Reasons To Start a Personal Finance Blog. The contest is now complete and there are over 800 entries on every subject possible. Take a look at the final list and select some of your favorites.
Here are a few […]
Save the Planet and Lower Your Utility Bill
Posted on May 11, 2007 - Filed Under Energy Savings, Home Savings | 1 Comment
Having grown up in the era of recycling and conservation, I continually feel like I could be doing more to save energy. Watching my utility bill increase every year may also be a factor in wanting to find simple ways to cut back on energy consumption. I have talked about some ideas I had for home […]
Read More..>>HOW TO: Lower Your Pet Costs
Posted on May 10, 2007 - Filed Under How To, Spending | 4 Comments
Pet costs can be one of the biggest unexpected costs next to maybe unplanned auto and housing costs. Vet bills, medications, and clean up or repair due to them damaging items can all be surprisingly high when the final invoice is delivered. My girlfriend has a three year old cat and she moved in a few months […]
Read More..>>Top Five Reasons To Start a Personal Finance Blog
Posted on May 9, 2007 - Filed Under Blogging | 32 Comments
Problogger.net is hosting a Top-5 Group Writing Project in which everyone submits a top five blog entry and the winner gets $1001 from Chitika. So having had my personal finance blog going for a few weeks now, I am going to advise anyone out there that is on the fence about starting a personal finance blog […]
Read More..>>Checking Your Significant Other’s Credit Score
Posted on May 8, 2007 - Filed Under Credit Report, Relationships and Money | 2 Comments
I just got done reading Cap’s post titled Tuesday Train Wreck - The Financially Challenged Husband and it made me curious as to when other couples begin to talk about money, and go so far as to show one another their credit scores/reports. Having just moved in with my girlfriend a couple of months ago we have […]
Read More..>>Carnival of Personal Finance #99 Summary
Posted on May 7, 2007 - Filed Under Carnival of Personal Finance | Leave a Comment
I am featured this week on the Carnival of Personal Finance at Money, Matter & More Musings for the 10 Energy Saving Home Improvements article I wrote a few days ago. To highlight some of the other great articles featured this week:
Cleverdude talks about the evils of two cycle credit card billing, highlighting the importance of paying the […]
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