• Another Way To Turn A Few Extra Bucks In ANY Economic Situation

    We’ve had a post (or 2 or 3) go across here preaching several ways to make money online with today’s tricky economic woes.  Well, we’ve stumbled across another (Thanks Pete). Pete has cashed in a few hundred dollars with the site and has sold me on it.  Once you get the ball rolling, it REALLY [...]

  • How Much Should I Save Per Paycheck To Reach My Retirement Goals?

    This question is another tricky one because it depends on who is asking it. If you’re 18 and asking this question, well, I’d say you’re starting off right by asking, and if you are putting away 10% – even if you’re only making $20,000 per year, you’re saving $2,000/year and in 50 years you’d [...]

  • My Friend Just Got Offered 290k To Work In Iraq – Would You?

    Plonkee inspired me the other day in writing “would you move for a lower cost of living? to craft up an “other side of the coin” post to ponder – How much would it cost for YOU to move to a war torn area for a year in search of big bucks?
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  • Dream More, Work Less

    This year’s been really good for me, maybe not financially with the recent market plunge, but that’ll be back; I’m not worried.  It has been good enough to make me think something bad is lurking in the shadows, narrowing its eyes and biding its time.
    I’ve got my ducks in a row, my fingers crossed, and [...]

  • How Much Money Do You Make?

    It’s looked down on in a lot of circles to inquire, and maybe even rude in others and here at the MiB, we’re looking to dig deep into the depths of the questions.  Are you happy with your income?  Is your spouse?  Do your kids know how much you make?  What’s the standard?  How does [...]

  • Other Recent Articles

  • Is There An Investing Age Gap?

    I am 28 years old and I have limited, but learning comprehension of how investing works. I wasn’t taught my my parents, I wasn’t taught by my school, I wasn’t taught by my friends. I came into learning about it more forced than anything else. I went backwards from the standard: Date–>Marry–>Save/Invest–>House–>Child.
    I went Date–>Child–>Marry–>Child–>House–> Save/Invest. [...]

    Nov 08, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

  • How Do You Calculate Net Worth?

    So in my last post I mentioned a new and improved way I was planning on calculating my net worth.  The general consensus says that the mortgage is the liability and the house is the asset.  People seem to be getting hung up on the fact that you’re not comparing apples to apples.  You’re comparing [...]

    Nov 07, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Is Your House An Asset Or A Liability?

    Where to start with this one – lets start with a few of the folks I’ve seen post on it already – Flexo, LazyMan, Jim, Matthew, Smith Financial Place, MyMoneyBlog, Associated Content, FreeMoneyFinance, Canadian Capitalist, MoneyMonk, Crazy Engineer, Yahoo!, Watson Inc, Project Senso, Google Forum, just to name a few.
    Let me precursor this with the [...]

    Nov 06, 2009 | 8 comments | View Post

  • My Early Follies In The Get Rich Quick Schemes -

    My Early Follies In The Get Rich Quick Schemes -

    Like everyone reading or writing personal finance blogs, I’ve made my fair share of investing mistakes, specifically get-rich-quick schemes. Clearly we all want to make a fast buck when we’re young, that’s all we see on TV! But it is something really you have to fall for at least once (or 4 times [...]

    Nov 05, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Where Did You Learn To Invest?

    So where did I learn to invest?  Nowhere in particular.  A lot of Personal finance blog reading, random quips across the internet.  A bit through my financial advisor; Edward Jones, which I have had about 12 different reps there in 8 years.  High turnover apparently – So I also recently finished up “Rich Dad Poor [...]

    Nov 04, 2009 | 7 comments | View Post

  • Is Investing In Life Insurance Really “Investing”?

    I have a $500,000 whole life insurance policy with Hartford Mutual that I pay $200/month to keep up. $8.50 goes to the administrative fee, $100 for the actual coverage itself and the remaining $90.00 goes into the mutual fund. I’ve had it for about 4 years now and I have almost $8,000 in the mutual [...]

    Nov 03, 2009 | 9 comments | View Post

  • Baby Boomer Without A Retirement Portfolio

    My mother, bless her heart, has “some” idea of how investing works. She has a basic idea of how compound interest works, but has no $ to put to it. She makes a small income enough to make ends meet at the end of each month. She knows that she SHOULD invest, but doesn’t know [...]

    Nov 02, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

  • I’m Sick of Wells Fargo and GreenTree – My Loan ReMod Story

    So since January 2008 I’ve been on the phone bi-weekly with both Wells Fargo and GreenTree Servicing (My loan was sold from National City Bank in June) and have to toss some dirt in the face of both companies.  It’s ridiculous how much time and effort they’re putting into keeping RESPONSIBLE buyers out of the [...]

    Oct 14, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post