My wife and I were shopping for groceries today. We had put aside $130 in our groceries envelope for the next 12 days. For some reason, I went with her to go shopping this week. It’s not that I’m a male pig. She just doesn’t like me going with her, because [...]

Whether you liked it or not, the media force fed us every minute of the details of Anna Nicole Smith’s death, custody battle, and estate planning nightmare. One of the biggest mistakes that Smith made when writing her will in 2001 was she put a clause that no future children would be a part [...]

I have a 401(k) with my company, and they match my contributions 50 cents on the dollar. It’s a pretty sweet deal. I get free money just for saving for retirement. If you look at my Investing articles you’ll see that I always recommend people contribute to a company matching 401(k) before [...]

The latest news in the housing market is that existing home sales fell 8.4% from February to March. This is the sharpest drop in home sales in 18 years. So, what does this mean? Obviously, the housing market is at the bottom of the cycle right now. But, that was expected [...]

Andrew Cuomo, attorney general of New York, is leading an investigation on the relationship between private student loan companies and public and private universities. Cuomo believes that student loan companies are providing incentives for universities to drive business their way. Cuomo is working towards stricter guidelines for financial aid offices in universities, and [...]

When buying homeowner’s insurance, you are buying a package. You cannot break this package. You either take all of it or none of it at all. There are six parts to the insurance package. Typically, they are identified as Coverages A,B,C,D,E, and F. This can be intimidating when buying homeowner’s [...]

I think this woman makes a good point that readers of personal financial blogs need to remember that most of us are young people trying to figure out personal finance just like our readers. I am not a professional, but I also think that many people that call themselves “professionals” have personal finance all [...]

Do you have what it takes to sell your house in less than 60 days? Do you believe that it can be done? Many people begin to wonder about houses that stay on the market for longer than 90 days. They start assuming that something is wrong with it or the seller [...]

It may be obvious to most of you that leasing a car is a bad deal, but sometimes we need to be reminded why it’s a bad deal. Car leasing has become incredibly popular in the past 10 years. Car dealerships hook you onto a monthly payment, but they keep the car as [...]

Lifespy.com is a blog with a little bit of everything. Here are three good articles about personal finance that I picked out to share with you all. Go check them out!

How to Negotiate (or Haggle for Price
How to Get a Raise or Promotion
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