This may be a broad generalization, but I will venture to say that the younger generations of America do not use coupons the way that our parents and grandparents used manufacturer’s coupons.  I was flipping through a sunday paper coupon book, and I started saying to myself, “why have I not been using more of these coupons?”  [...]

I read all the time about financial people advising to set your life up to be eligible for as many tax deductions as possible.  They give you all of the numbers and show you how much money you can save throughout the year if you have a mortgage, student loan debt, and various other things that [...]

I thought that I would share with everyone that Airtran and Southwest Airlines are running a great deal right now.  For the next couple days, you can get a $69 ticket plus taxes to many popular locations.  If you are looking to take a late summer vacation or you need to visit a friend or [...]

I don’t know what the deal has been this past year, but I have had a couple of occasions where I overdrafted my checking account.  One of those occasions was my forgetfulness that banks make it virtually impossible to “float” a check anymore.  You have to just assume that the money is coming out the [...]

Is it possible to own a home right out of college?  Well, it depends on your situation.  It is true that a single young person will have a much harder time owning a home than a young couple with two incomes, but do not be discouraged by that.  Homeownership is the American dream, and I [...]

I am fairl active in my local church, and I did an internship at one point as a youth pastor for a church one summer.  One thing that I know is that it is very hard for young pastors, music ministers, and church administrators to locate open jobs in churches.  Most of this has to do [...]

My wife and I recently moved, and we were in the process of remodeling a condo that we bought about two months ago.  All of our extra cash was being poured into this condo to remodel it, so we had to bootstrap the costs of moving from one place to another.  Actually, we would have [...]