Six Ways You Can Earn Extra Money This Weekend
August 2, 2008
Here are a few ways you can earn $50 this weekend: Donate a lot of blood Spend a Saturday having a garage sale Work 8 hours in a minimum wage job Spend the afternoon as part of a survey focus group Take the time to sell & ship old stuff on eBay OR Simply spend […]
Personal Finance Review – The Car is Dead Edition
July 28, 2008
I spent a good part of this week with my car in the shop. Since it’s a used Cadillac the entire front end pretty much has to be torn off any time we need to repair something, and that’s frustrating for me since I am used to doing my own repairs whenever possible. This time […]
Exchange Traded Funds Investing Strategies
July 24, 2008
In our final part of this three part series covering ETF investments, we’ll look at different strategies for investing with exchange-traded funds. Have I bored you? I hope not! Actually taking the time to learn about the hundreds of different investment products on the market is tedious, but the reward will be great. If you […]
PayPal Online Payment System Review
July 21, 2008
Paypal is becoming a more-ingrained part of the Internet. If you’ve ever been worried about security problems using Paypal, keep reading. The service is pretty invaluable, but it’s also had some ups and downs. What exactly is Paypal: it’s a online payment system allowing payments online without having to deal with money orders, checks, or […]
Strategic Planning Edition – Personal Finance Review
July 21, 2008
I spent part of the weekend doing some much needed strategic planning for this site, our finances, my career, and life in general. Personal Strategic Planning Sometimes I have a tendency to get so entangled in the details of everyday life that I lose sight of the big picture. In an effort to be a […]
ING Direct Orange Savings & Electric Orange Checking Accounts – Online Banking Review
July 18, 2008
A couple years ago, online savings accounts such as ING Direct became very popular. Their enticing savings rates caused many people to take their short-term savings out of traditional banks and into the internet world of banking. When my wife and I got married, we opened up an ING savings account for our emergency fund […]
What the Kung Fu Panda Can Teach You about Becoming a Millionaire
July 16, 2008
Writer Auditions – Author Connie Brooks – Offer Your Feedback Last weekend we took my daughter to her very first movie: Kung Fu Panda As we sat in the theatre, and the lights went down, I did not expect much from the movie. In fact I planned to spend the entire time studying my daughter’s […]
How I Stopped The Debt Cycle In My Life
July 15, 2008
Writer Auditions – Author Erik Folgate – Offer Your Feedback It was March of 2002, and my mother was dropping me off at our local community college. It was that point that I realized my life had come to a low point. I had no car, no job, and I was in a ton of […]
Saving Money on Gas with a Four Day Work Week
July 10, 2008
How much money would you save on gas each month if you only had to drive into work four days a week? As gas prices climb, businesses, government, and consumers are looking for creative ways to cut fuel costs; one of the methods being used is working four 10 hour days instead of 9–5, five […]
Stock Market Investing 101 – How Does the Stock Market Work?
July 8, 2008
Investing in stocks has become a simple process for most people. Technology allows you to login to your favorite online discount broker and buy and sell stocks with a click of the mouse. What exactly happens when you click the buy button? Who decides which stocks you can buy? Who’s buying the stocks that you’re selling? […]
