Here are 25 cheap ways to keep your house cooler this summer from the folks over at MSN Money.
I liked this list, because it gives you practical tips for saving energy without having to drastically alter your lifestyle. I hate it when environmentalists get on their high horse and start telling us [...]
29 May
Posted by author as Consumer News, Taxes
Just four years ago, Florida was ravaged with four major hurricanes in the span of 10 weeks. Then, in 2005, two more major hurricanes hit Florida, making it one of the worst consecutive hurricane seasons in U.S. history. Yet, for some reason, Florida’s government has forgotten about those years. June [...]
28 May
Posted by author as Budget Tips, Spending and Saving
I hate buying airline tickets. Why can’t there just be one standard pricing system across the board when it comes to buying a ticket. If an airline came into business that could charge set prices for a certain route and still make money, they’d be billionaires. My wife and I are going [...]
I just wanted to let you all know that I took an extended memorial weekend vacation, so that is the reason for the lack of posting the past few days. It wasn’t really a vacation, because I got very little sleep. My best friends from childhood all met up in North Carolina where [...]
21 May
Posted by author as Credit and Debt, Spending and Saving
Many of you, including prominent personal finance bloggers, often write about using your credit card for everything during the month, then pay it off at the end of the month in full. You rack up tons of reward points and cash back bonuses, and you tell others about how you’re playing the system. [...]
Smart Money has a good calculator for figuring out how much money the bank will lend you based on some basic income information and factor in the down payment you can shell out to figure out how much house you can buy.
I liked the calculator, because it used a fairly conservative ratio for [...]
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This is a Coke. If you share my love of Coke, then you’re looking at it right now wishing you had a fountain Coke from Mcdonald’s. It’s Coca-Cola, but we all know it as a Coke. When you sit down at a restaurant, you say, “I’ll have a coke, please.” You [...]
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14 May
Posted by author as Kids and Money, Spending and Saving
I have a heart for recent college graduates. I was there 3 years ago. I didn’t know how to get a job, I didn’t know how to manage my money. I didn’t know how to deal with getting up early, interacting with people twice my age. It’s tough to be a [...]
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I wrote on Friday that I received the stimulus payment on the scheduled date that I was supposed to receive it. I received a letter in the mail today from the IRS that explained the payment that I was entitled to, and it explained why I received the $600.00 instead of the $1,200.00. [...]
13 May
Posted by author as Podcasts, Uncategorized
Here it is! The first Money Crasher’s podcast episode titled “Problems With The Economic Stimulus Payments”.
Here is the link to listen from the post: Episode 1 - Problems With The Economic Stimulus Payments
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Summary of the episode:
I discuss the article that I [...]