Archive for August, 2008
Real Estate Takes A Nasty Turn In Our Neighborhood
It’s a crazy, crazy world these days. Last night my daughter had her kindergarten orientation at the elementary school near our house. Yes, it was a milestone that came way too fast for us. It’s hard to believe it’s been 5 years since we were blessed with our wonderful daughter. Anyway, I was walking down [...]
Resources for Medical Bills You Can’t Afford
CNN has an article that talks about some of your options when you are hit with medical bills that you can’t afford. It’s definitely worth reading. Just because you have insurance doesn’t mean you won’t find yourself in a difficult situation. If you don’t have insurance, it’s even more important to read this article. It’s [...]
Carnival Of Personal Finance #167 Is Up
You can see the latest carnival at Broke Grad Student: http://www.brokegradstudent.com/carnival-of-personal-finance-167-highlights-from-the-beijing-2008-olympics/
Update on the Weight Loss Challenge
It’s week four of the weight loss contest. If you recall, I’m having somewhat of a contest with my brother in law where we set a target to lose 17 pounds each at the rate of a pound a week. If either of us weighs more than we did the previous week, we have to [...]
"Found Money" Posting on Craigslist
I’ve been reading Rob Cockerham’s website for a long time. He’s done some pretty funny things over the years. If you’ve never spent any time surfing around his site, I’d highly recommend it. His latest "project" had him posting a "found money" listing on Craigslist. He was curious to see what kind of a response [...]
What Are My Options For Retirement?
Over and over I read about various people’s plans for retirement. You know the one thing that they have in common? They all have different approaches. There is no "one size fits all" approach to retirement out there. Rather than try to match someone else’s approach, I have laid out a number of my own [...]
Buying Real Estate In Another State
When I was younger I used to think that the best thing I could do would be to buy a second home in Arizona. Why? Because some day I want to live there in the winter (aka: Be a Snowbird). I was convinced that a key strategy to my investing and saving for the future [...]
Shopping Around For Insurance
After 15 years of paying premiums to Allstate, I have finally started the process of shopping for a new insurance company. I can’t say I’ve been unhappy with Allstate but it’s time to see if they are truly giving me a good deal or not. A couple things have caused me to do this. First, [...]
Do We Need a Depression???
The sky is falling. Okay, well maybe not yet but I sure have been reading a lot of articles about gloom and doom. Our budget deficit is around $9.5T (yeah, that’s trillion), real estate is declining rapidly, consumer prices are rising rapidly, loans are harder to come by, our national spending is increasing and is [...]
Lotto Winner Sentenced to Jail for Tax Evasion
You know how I love reading about the trials and tribulations of lottery winners. Brad Duke is the example of someone that knew how to turn his lottery winnings in to a life long investment. Unfortunately most other people aren’t that successful with their winnings. Take Rhoda Toth as an example. She won $13 million [...]