14 Nov
Posted by author as Marriage and Money, Uncategorized
My wife and I are a perfect example of spouses with VERY different tolerances for risk. I am definitely more of a risk taker when it comes to investing money and Lindzee is definitely more conservative when it comes to money. I like the idea of flipping a house to make a quick [...]
12 Nov
Posted by author as Consumer News
I heard Rush Limbaugh talking about CNN reporting about a study that iPod earbuds are toxic to eat. I’ll just go ahead and say what you’re thinking. Who the hell eats their earphones? If you do, you won’t need to worry about them being harmful to your body, you need to worry [...]
Sunday morning, I was out getting the newspaper at the newspaper stand. I put in my 6 quarters, and I pulled the lever, and I did what I always do when I’m about to pick up a newspaper from the rack. I paused for a second, and then I lifted up two of [...]
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As a Christian, I am very familiar with the Christian scene. Many times, Christians take scripture, and they interpret it based on what it means to them. They forget to look at the context from which it was written, who was writing it, and for what reason it was being written. The [...]
Free Money Finances explains that it’s easy to become wealthy. I agree, especially if you start out investing early in life. It’s my life’s goal to educate young people to invest in their twenties, because a little bit becomes A LOT when it has 40 years to grow.
Get Rich Slowly shows [...]
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08 Nov
Posted by author as Consumer News, Ebay
I have written about this before, the fact that I think craigslist is a much better option for selling off personal items rather than ebay. Four years ago, you would have seen me putting up stuff on ebay to earn extra cash. But after numerous problems with ebay, I don’t know if I’ll [...]
I just wanted to welcome those of you who stumbled across this site from the link on consumerist.com about my friend who ended up paying $400 for a macbook pro on one of those “Free giveaway” sites. The point of that post was to show that you WILL have to pay something to actually [...]
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07 Nov
Posted by author as Budget Tips, Consumer News, Great Deals, Spending and Saving
I asked my best friend, Timmy, to write about his experience with one of those “get a free laptop” sites that require you to complete promotional offers from the most obscure companies on the planet. Many of you are probably weary if they will ACTUALLY send you the free gift that they boast, and [...]
06 Nov
Posted by author as Entrepreneurship, Small Business
You want to start up a small business, but you don’t know where to start. Join the club with the millions of other Americans who start up small businesses, but don’t set them up properly. Too many people are incorporating when they don’t need to, or vice versa. Here are three major [...]
05 Nov
Posted by author as Credit and Debt
I read an article on Yahoo Finance today about the possibility of credit cards becoming the next debt product to crumble at the feet of large, private banking institutions.
An excerpt from the article:
The doomsday scenario would play out something like this: Just like CDOs and other asset-backed securities, credit card debt is [...]