Inspired by FiveCentNickel, I looked into refinancing both our loans into a single 30-year mortgage. If you recall, we're 100% financed on our home with 2 loans. The first (80%) is an interest-only, 5/1 arm that's up in November, 2009, while the … [Read more...] about The Housing Bust Hits Home
NOTICE: Costco has pulled this offer as of Monday 1/21/08, but you can enter to win one of 2 free copies of TurboTax Premier right here (ends Friday, Feb 5th, 2010) For a number of years now, I've used H&R Block's TaxCut Online software, and … [Read more...] about Get TurboTax Deluxe Plus State for $20.99 + Free Shipping
Some of you who visit my site may have noticed the new advertisements appearing above the content. I figured now is the time to talk a bit about monetizing my site. I'll state right now that this isn't meant to be a tutorial, so don't get your hopes … [Read more...] about How I Monetize My Blog
This past year, I elected to contribute $500 to our FSA (Flexible Spending Account). It's a pretax account most employers now have for (at least) salaried employees to contribute pretax dollars to health-related expenses. It's a use it or lose it … [Read more...] about Using the last of our flexible spending dollars
My blogroll is precious as it represents those sites who I feel write from both the heart and the mind about various topics such as Credit and Investing. They're a few are people I met in person (Nickel, Jim, and Nick), and some I'd like to meet, if … [Read more...] about Added New PF Blogroll Link: Don’t Mess with Taxes
As I write this, it's Sunday night and I just watched an unmentionable football game come to a disappointing close. If you know where I'm from or have read it in my past posts, you'll know which team I was cheering for. Well, it wasn't meant to be, … [Read more...] about Making some year-end charitable donations
