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Monday, June 18, 2007Cars - Why I Don't Talk About ThemI don't blog about them much and even in my book, they get a very light brush - almost an afterthought. I do this because: 1. If you follow my plan, it takes cars are treated just like everything else. I don't feel any need to address them any differently. 2. Read any book on personal finance and... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, June 17, 2007How Easy Is It To Take Money From Consumers?Ironically, it's just about like this: There is one big difference though. In the real world, the shyster just sits in his office and all the kids come to him and give him their candy. They also promise to give him any other candy they can get too. Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, June 16, 2007Sword Point Saturday - Frivolous SpendingToday, I'm adding a new way to earn Sword Points but before I go over that, let me say this. I have had way too little sleep in the last couple of days so I'm going to take a shortcut today and have you read last week's post for all the other ways that you can earn Sword Points. Today's task is... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, June 15, 2007Increasing Your Credit Score - Conflicting AdviceWe are probably going to be buying another house in a year or two so I was starting to think about my credit score. I was wondering if there was a way to increase my score before we buy our next house. The biggest chunk of your FICO is whether or not you pay your bills on time. We do that and there... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, June 14, 2007Since You Asked, Here's Your Reward MilesI was asked about the possibility of redeeming Sword Points for air miles and I have decided to go ahead and do that. I wasn't too sure how it all works so I'm going to my mentor, Capital One. I will model my Reward Miles after their No Hassle plan because, really, who wants any hassle when they are... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, June 13, 2007Congratulate Me! I Have Earned a Preferred Customer Home Equity RateIt's true. I can: Apply in seconds Get a decision in minutes Have your paperwork sent to you the next business day Close your loan in 10 days or less I got the email a couple of days ago from my buddies at Capital One. If these companies knew what I said about them in this blog, they would probably... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, June 12, 2007Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead!Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? Sallie Mae, that's which Wicked Witch. The Wicked Witch! Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead. It would take more than a land full of little people to sing loud enough for this news. Maybe if they all had blogs. Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, June 11, 2007Wanna Know Where My Wife I Will Be At 6:05pm Today?Wendover Nevada Right here, in front of the computer. Both of us. Together. We'll probably be here at 6:00pm actually. Hitting the refresh button every 30 seconds or so. We sent the pay off amount to Sallie Mae electronically last Thursday. The money left our bank on Friday. It will be posted today.... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, June 10, 2007Is it possible for nothing to change and yet to feel changed?We have been very frugal with our money for the last 14 months. Not that my wife and I have ever been too wasteful. We just aren't like that but we have been even more cautious with our money since we decided to get out of debt. The more money that we can aim at our loans, the faster we can pay them... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, June 9, 2007Sword Point SaturdayIt's Sword Point Saturday again and we have a lot to cover today. First, let me say that I think I took too big of a step with the slogan contest. I'm going to follow through with the voting but we'll take a step back today and build up momentum for a second effort down the road. Vote for the one... Sign in to see full entry. |
