Save on Your Energy Bill With These Home Insulation Tips
February 24, 2008
This week I’m featuring Energy Saving tips, save some money by conserving energy! Checking your home’s insulation is one of the fastest and most cost efficient ways to use a whole house approach to reduce energy waste and make the most of your energy dollars. A good insulating system includes a combination of products and […]
Reducing Your Home Energy Usage
February 23, 2008
This week I’m featuring Energy Saving tips, save some money by conserving energy! The first step to taking a whole house energy efficiency approach is to find out which parts of your house use the most energy. A home energy audit will pinpoint those areas and suggest the most effective measures for cutting your energy […]
Quick & Easy Energy Saving Tips
February 22, 2008
As energy costs continue to rise the monetary payback for time, effort, & money spent on energy conservation goes up as well. This was brought to my attention as I looked over our latest heating bill and realized that the only place energy costs have to go is up. I started doing some research and decided to […]
Selling on eBay – Keeping Up with eBay Changes & Leveraging Their Tools
February 21, 2008
You may have heard in the news about eBay’s latest fee changes which have led to quite a bit of unrest with eBay sellers, some are even looking for alternative selling platforms. Some sellers are sticking around but are boycotting eBay this week, not listing their inventory in protest of the changes. With fewer items being […]
Online Bill Pay Your Way to a Four Hour Work Week
February 20, 2008
My cheap friend at work thinks I’m crazy to pay a monthly fee for an online bill pay service. I’m pretty tight with money so when I call him cheap that’s really saying something. He’s thinks it’s even crazier still that I pay $20 annually to have them mail me a CD that contains all […]
Can a Working Vacation Be Better Than a Relaxing Vacation?
February 19, 2008
Every time you go away on vacation you spend weeks and months beforehand looking forward to the big trip. The anticipation reaches a peak the night before you leave and the next day you’re off in a flurry of fun. Unfortunately, all vacations come to an end. Inevitably, you come back to the grind and […]
Flood Insurance, Flood Plains, & Elevation Certificates
February 15, 2008
I wrote last fall about our flood insurance saga, we’ve had some new activity in the flood insurance arena recently. As a recap, the government redrew the flood maps a while back so it appears our house which didn’t use to be in a flood zone, is now considered to be in a 100 year […]
Are You Making One of these Tax Mistakes?
February 13, 2008
Below are a list of tax mistakes from J.K. Lasser to look out for this tax season. Make sure none of them apply to you: Not filing because you cannot afford to pay – If you don’t file because you can’t pay the entire tax due, you will only increase the amount you will have […]
Peer Lending Lessons From the Dating World – Lending Club CEO Interview
February 12, 2008
Bill Griffeth interviewed Renaud Laplanche the CEO of Lending Club on CNBC’s Power Lunch yesterday – Video. Laplanche answered questions on how peer to peer lending sites have lower overhead than traditional banks and how they’re able help borrowers and lenders find better rates than they could get at a bank. Peer Lending & the […]
How to Achieve Your Goals By Surrounding Yourself with Like Minded People
February 11, 2008
What’s one of the fastest ways not to achieve your goals? Spend all your time with people that have goals opposite than yours. On the other hand, hanging around people who have your same aspirations will make you more likely to actually achieve some of the things that you’re striving for. Mindset of SuccessThere are […]
