My wife is currently doing a clinical rotation for physician assistant school in Orlando. She has to drive 30 miles each way from her parent’s house to the hospital. We budgeted out $150 dollars for her to get through two weeks, but now I am starting to rethink that budget amount. She [...]

Ahh, love is in the air, isn’t it? I can just hear cash registers around the country being overworked on this day that is loved by retailers more than it is loved by consumers. Call me Scrooge, but do we really need an unofficial holiday of love? If the government would recognize [...]

Here is a question from a Money Crashers reader posted in a comment that, unfortunately, I think some of you may benefit from knowing the answer.
What if my ex owes me back support? Will I get his check? Also he is now married with no children of their own. Will I still get [...]

Men, listen up for a minute. I know we’re lazy, and when it comes to making our girls happy, we’ll go with convenience over anything else, even if it’s at a premium price. But, if you want to win with money in your lifetime, you need to start learning how to save money [...]

This article from Yahoo Finance tells you the home values of the presidential candidates to their primary residences. We now know their net worth, how much they spend on hair cuts, and now we even know how much their real estate is worth. I don’t really think you should pay much credence to [...]

Here are some great articles from 2007 during the week of January 25th to February 1st:

Start a business for $200 or Less
Save money by Cutting High Cost Entertainment
My Opinion on No Money Down Home Financing

Upcoming For the Week of February 4th through the 8th:
We’re going to discuss finding foreclosures, getting your house ready [...]

It’s that time of year again when we watch a football game involving teams that many of us don’t care about with overblown headlines, cheesy commercials, big parties, and GREAT food. Most people usually say that the best part about Super Bowl parties is the food and the commercials. Super Bowl weekend has [...]

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I’m lazy, and I’m cheap. [...]

I wanted to encourage any of you that have a specific question, comment, or concern to Contact Me. I do not have a formal financial advising certification yet, but I’ve talked with numerous people over the past couple years about their life and finances, so I might be able to help you. If [...]

Updated February 16th: I have updated the economic stimulus calculator to reflect a more accurate amount that you will receive based on the actual signed bill that was passed into law this week by President Bush. Email me with any questions about it by clicking on the “submissions” button above.
There has been quite [...]