How To Avoid Being Upside Down On A Car Loan
What does being upside down on a car loan mean? It means that you financed a car with little money down, and now you owe more money than the car is worth. This is very easy to do, because cars depreciate at a rapid pace for the first 3 years of their life. Let's be honest, they depreciate rapidly their WHOLE life. You can list a car as an asset in your balance sheet if you want, but you're kidding yourself. It's not an asset or an investment. It's an expense. No, I'm ...
How To Save Money Buying A Laptop For A College Freshman
All universities and colleges have followed suit with the rapid growth in internet technology over the past ten years, and it is now essential for college students to have a good computer for school. Laptops are the computer of choice with college students, because they're portable and pack enough features to help them with whatever needs to be done for school. This will be one of the bigger expenses you will face if your sending your child off to college in the next couple of weeks, and it's important that you get them a laptop that meets their ...
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Black Friday is just a week away, and Cyber Monday is 10 days away. I am a big fan of these iconic shopping days, not because people get whipped up in a frenzy and not because I love...
Should I Cash Out My 403b Account To Pay Off Debt?
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Help a reader with this question: I currently have a 403b with about $20k in it. I am planning on leaving my job late April and was previously planning on moving the money somewhere...
Black Friday Information and Resources
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Black Friday isn’t for everyone, but for some of us, it’s the first fun event of the Christmas season. If you treat it like a family event or something fun to do with friends,...
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Earn Extra Money By Getting A Job Over The Holidays
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November 11, 2009 - 2 Comments
My wife and I just got back from a trip to Chicago. I surprised her for her birthday and took her to the Windy City for four days. We have a best friend that just moved there, so...
Is Your Car Payment Destroying Your Life?
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You’ve heard me get on my soap box in the past about car payments and how they can soak up a lot of your monthly income. I really don’t like car payments, and I don’t...
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For the most part, the real estate markets around the country have flattened out, and homeowners are breathing a tentative sigh of relief. So, where do homeowners go from here? It...
Leadership Lessons From Truett Cathy, Founder of Chick-fil-A
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Tonight I went with my wife to an event called “Live, Love, Lead” put on by Chick-fil-A and the entire Cathy family was there. It was a great event, and it was done very...
3 Reasons Why You Shoud Avoid Bankruptcy
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I listen to the Dave Ramsey Radio Show every once in a while on my way home from work, and one of the most common topics I hear from callers is the question about bankruptcy. So many...
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