Do You Need Insurance Roundup
March 22, 2011
How much of your income do you spend on insurance? If you think about all the different things you could potentially buy insurance for, it’s amazing we have any money left in our paycheck to buy groceries or pay the rent. Types of Insurance I made a quick list of some things that you can [...]
How to Setup a Retirement Portfolio Model in Clariity
March 17, 2011
Think planning for retirement is complicated? Well that’s because planning for something that lasts as long as retirement can (and is decades away for many of us) gives you a lot of unknown factors to take into account. In 30 years form now, what will interest rates be? How will the tax code change? What kind of [...]
Wanting What You’ve Got
March 13, 2011
You know you’re getting older when you start listening to radio stations featuring music from 15 years ago. Last weekend, I really enjoyed an internet radio station that played only songs from the years I was in high school, brought back memories but also made me feel old. After that ended the station started playing [...]
QuickBooks Weekend Roundup
February 27, 2011
We had dinner this weekend with my good friend who prepares the taxes for my business. I probably should have been at home working on getting together my documents rather than hanging out since I’ve spent the rest of the weekend working on taxes. Luckily, I use QuickBooks and it makes the task a lot [...]
Saving Money in Crazy Ways – Carnival of Personal Finance #297
February 21, 2011
Even though the recession is technically over, many of us are still looking for creative ways to save money. Or at least make more money. Or better our finances. This Carnival of Personal Finance highlights great ways to improve your personal economy — no matter what the national economy is doing. Most sections has a [...]
Valentines Day Savings Roundup
February 13, 2011
My wife and I celebrated Valentines early – we actually had a free baby-sitter so we went out for dinner and a movie last night. We stopped into the neighboring Barnes and Noble for a bit after the movie let out so my wife could skim through some magazines. I tagged along to that part of the store [...]
Best Tax Software
February 12, 2011
The best tax software for your tax return depends on a variety of factors but the big three of tax prep software (Turbo Tax, Tax Act, and H&R Block at Home) remain some of the best choices this year. They’ve all been around for a while so they have a lot of experience handling new tax rules [...]
Organizing Your Finances – Farnoosh Torabi Interview
February 1, 2011
Keeping your records organized is an important part of keeping your personal finances straight. We use online bill pay for all our recurring bills and charge most everything else on a cash back credit card. We use the Blue Cash card not only for the cash back but also because it gives us a nice [...]
Frozen Pipes Roundup
January 30, 2011
Frozen pipes can be one of the hazards of living in the Midwest in the winter. There’s a huge snow storm making it’s way into the heartland, to be followed by an “arctic blast” of freezing cold temperatures – as the weather people love to call it. Here are some tips our water company gave [...]
Free Financial Advice 2011
January 24, 2011
One of the best things my wife and I did for our money after we were married was sit down with a certified financial planner and hash out our finances. I remember we weren’t crazy about spending the money but after we worked with our finanial advisor to come up with our financial plan we [...]
