Smart Money Tips
Teaching Your Kids Dollars and Sense
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Tomorrow is a big day at the Mauder household… Our 19 year old daughter is finally moving out on her own.
Yup, she found a small studio apartment and signed a rental agreement. Of course, she only has a part time job that pays around $200 per week, she has zero savings, and up until […]
Getting Started on the Road to Financial Freedom
Sunday, May 6th, 2007I’ve been to so many personal finance sites that just blog about new topics all the time, but they don’t offer guidance on what do first, second, and so on. They just expect you to read all their posts and figure it out for yourself.
That approach doesn’t work for me, and I suspect it doesn’t […]
A cross cut shredder could save your a$$!
Saturday, March 18th, 2006You know all those wonderful credit card offers you get in the mail? What do you usually do with them? Hopefully you don’t just rip them in half, or even into tiny piece and toss them in the trash.
Why? Because they have YOUR name and address on them and someone might just fish them out […]
Which online savings account is best?
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006Thanks to a post I found over at the 2 Retire At 50 blog, I was able to finally make my decision as to which high-yield online savings account to open. My choices were ING Direct, Emigrant Direct, and HSBC. ING is definitely well known for their famous ‘Orange’ savings account and you’ve probably even […]
FREE Credit Report Every 12 Months
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005Depending on which state you live in, you can now get a FREE credit report from this new central site. Request a free credit file disclosure, commonly called a credit report, once every 12 months from each of the nationwide consumer credit reporting companies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.
This is GREAT info to have so […]