Archive for June, 2008

Making Money

Do you really believe you can make serious money? If you do believe you can make serious money what is holding you back? Why are some people making tons of money and not you?
Whoa, aren’t those some serious questions? But if you are one of the majority you have to admit those questions run through [...]

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Money Making Ideas For Your Kids

School’s out and kids have spare time and want money. My kids are grown but I remember when they were young and seemed to want for everything in the world (Of course they still do). I think I was asked every day for some spending money. So is it your obligation as a parent to [...]

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Your Mortgage - Should You Prepay Or Not

Should you prepay your mortgage? I actually saw this on a forum at Diane Kennedy’s TaxLoopholes.com and thought it was pretty interesting. The link to the article is: http://www.bankrate.com/nltrack/news/DrDon/20080521_mortgage_prepay_a1.asp?ec_
I think it is a great question. There is part of me that always says to get out of your payments as fast as you can. But [...]

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Financial Abuse - Stealing From The Elderly

You always hear about people that steal from the elderly and it is really sick. I was sent this documentary by one of my son’s friend. The documentary is about a 83 year old man named Bert. He really is pretty interesting. The documentary is about 9 to 10 minutes long and requires Quick Time.
Please [...]

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Emergency Funds – An Absolute Necessity

Emergency Funds – Why Do You Need Them
You’re saving money. You did your budget, found your net worth, and either increased your income or found a way to decrease your expenses so you can finally put some money away. Now you need to establish your emergency fund.
People ask all the time why do they need [...]

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Saving Money

So you have set up your monthly budget, you found your net worth, and now you are ready to start saving money. But hold on there is barely any money to start saving.
It is okay for you to start small. You just need to get started because you need to develop a habit of saving [...]

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Financial Disasters and Insurance

My next blog was going to be on how to get started saving money but I thought I’d do something else. I live in the Midwest just a couple of hours north of where there was massive flooding. So I have been paying attention to the news stories and watching television to see what was [...]

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Financial Independence – The Next Step

So your goal is financial independence. You have set up your budget and have found a way to start saving some money. So now what do you do?
I am a basketball junkie. I love watching games especially college games. Not in just basketball games but in almost every game there is people keep score. That [...]

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Happy Father’s Day Everyone

I just want to wish everyone a happy Father’s day. My parents are not in this world any longer but I still feel their presence very much. We always played in a Father’s day golf tournament. I have such fond memories of it. When I was really young there was such excitement that I got [...]

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Financial Independence - Your Path

So you just graduated from school and you want to become financially independent. Big ideas, great plans, but how the heck do you build wealth. Some people are going to say set goals, get a great job, or maybe have a vision that you are wealthy. They are all great ideas. But if you want [...]

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