How Spending Money Can Actually Save You Money
October 4, 2007
I’m not one for spending money. It’s actually one of my least favorite things to do. However, there is something to be said for preemptive spending that can help save you time and money. The CrisisThe story begins like this. I arrived home late yesterday evening after a long, horrible day at work to discover […]
Start Your Christmas Gift Fund in October to Avoid Holiday Debt
October 3, 2007
Although we haven’t even seen Halloween yet, let alone Thanksgiving, it’s not too early to start budgeting for Christmas. Make It Easier To SaveAre you paid twice a month? Then you have 6 paydays between now and Christmas. If your paycheck only comes once a month there are just three money days before the end of the […]
Who Will Pay for Baby Bonds and How?
October 2, 2007
One of the best tips for building financial assets is to start early. Some people are fortunate enough to have family give us some seed money when we’re born. Others of us are lucky to have money savvy parents that start saving for us when we’re young and pass that money sense on. Of course, there […]
Preferred Customers Specials – Sales Tactic #6
October 1, 2007
Remember the high school cafeteria where all the coolest kids sat at their own table? You wouldn’t likely sit there without an invitation, what some people wouldn’t give for an invite like that. Hopefully we’ve all grown up some since high school but everyone likes to feel special and a preferred customer invitation can still be hard to […]
Personal Finance Review – Working Too Hard Edition
September 30, 2007
I hate working over the weekend! I hate working over the weekend! Did I mention that working over the weekend sucks? The end of every quarter is a busy time at my job and this quarter was worse than normal for my team so I was stuck there late Friday and spent all day Saturday working. The […]
Would You Rather Pay More Taxes or Pay More for Health Care?
September 28, 2007
Those Canadians have it made! Or do they? I’ve talked with two Canadians recently about their health care system and taxes and neither one of them seemed too pleased. With the rising cost of health care in the US, having medical services funded by the government sounds pretty nice at first. Here is a summary […]
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
September 28, 2007
Most things are easier when they’re done with the support of a group. Group collaboration and support are easier now than they used to be due to the communication medium of the web. Nancy, from Debt Consolidation Care emailed me a while ago to let me know about the community they’ve built online to help people with […]
Six Ingredients for Generating Passive Income
September 27, 2007
Who doesn’t want to spend more time doing what they enjoy and less time working for money? After reading about both active income and passive income recently I came up with a list of things that can help you move towards generating passive income. The IdeaYou need either a great new idea or a great way […]
How To Make Money Off of Halloween
September 26, 2007
Halloween has become one of the most profitable seasonal events around. How can you get a piece of the $6 billion industry this year? 1) Buy Costumes on Clearance after HalloweenPlaces like Spirit Halloween setup shop in empty store fronts in September and jam them full of Halloween merchandise. The day after Halloween they drop their […]
Going Steady with Your Boss – 20 Reasons Your Job Is Like a High School Relationship
September 25, 2007
Several decades ago, people built a career-long relationship with their employers. Now-a-days companies are all about the bottom line and our employer relationships are more like bad high school crushes. How many of these 20 reasons can you relate to? Pre-Relationship1) Every person has an image of their ideal job in their head; many people […]
