Financial Planner Profile – Neil Vannoy
August 21, 2009
After putting together the financial planner websites with blogs list a few weeks ago I got a chance to meet a few of them in person at an event. One of the planners I got to visit with was Neil Vannoy of Vannoy Advisory Group. Getting Acquainted Neil’s a Certified Financial Planner in Texas and apparently […]
Little Budget Travel Book Giveaway
August 9, 2009
Going on vacation is fun but I do have a problem with it. Not only are you not earning money while you’re away, you’re also typically spending more money than you would at home. Of course, I’m not suggesting that you skip your vacation, just find some ways to make it cheaper! David Ning, over at […]
Are You Planning Your Life Around Money?
August 4, 2009
Imagine a dark day in the future when you’re lying stiff and embalmed in a casket, your friends and family huddled around saying their tear-stained goodbyes. What will they say about you? How will you be remembered? Begin With the End In Mind Sorry for the unpleasant throughts but this is one of the exercises […]
Five Ways You Can Save Money This Summer
August 3, 2009
Visit the Library I’m not a big book reader, mostly because I don’t have much spare time. I do most of my reading online where I can pick up small chunks of information pretty quickly. My wife and son on the other had love books. If we had to pay for all the books that […]
Making Extra Money on eBay Edition
August 2, 2009
I used to sell a lot of stuff on eBay. On the way home from work I’d stop by discount stores and buy heavily discounted products, my favorite were sporting goods. In the evenings I’d create listings in my eBay store and answer any questions that came in about the products I was selling. In […]
Financial Advisor Websites With Blogs
July 27, 2009
Financial advisor websites are often little more than an online brochure explaining the qualifications and services of the financial planners that run them. Of course these advisors are busy watching over the personal finances of their clients so it makes sense that they don’t have a lot of extra time to write articles for their website […]
How to Save Money on Car Maintenance
July 20, 2009
Regular car maintenance can be a great way to save money on your auto expenses. Expensive car repairs can often be avoided, or at least postponed for years, if you take steps to maintain the health of your vehicle. Smart Money magazine recently ran an article on affordable tips for car maintenance. While some of them […]
No Air Conditioning Weekend
July 18, 2009
The weather has been so nice this weekend that we’ve just shut off our air conditioning and opened up all the windows. I can’t believe it’s the middle of July and the weather’s this nice. Just a few weeks ago it was so brutally hot that our neighbors on both sides had their air conditioning […]
Enjoying Free TV Shows Online
July 14, 2009
I didn’t get much done last week because I was watching our kids in the evenings after work while my wife was away. One thing I did get to do was catch up on the shows from last season’s “The Office”. Over the course of a few days I stood and watched 12 episodes from […]
Quicken Online Trends
July 9, 2009
Quicken Online is a separate product from the desktop versions like Quicken Deluxe, but it does have some similarities. One of my favorites features of Quicken in general is it’s ability to automatically categorize your spending based on where you made a purchase. Quicken Online learns from all the data its users upload, so the […]
