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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’ve had 2 posts worth of BAD investing decisions so far (1, 2). I didn’t want people to think I’ve not made any GOOD decisions, because I have, just not as many yet. I’m still young, had no financial education, and had some bad financial advice early in my career. But I’m riding the wave [...]
So in regards to my post How Much Is Too Much I have been back and forth with my possible new insurance agent, and she has offered me an interesting tidbit: “…regarding the home, currently you have it insured for $516,000. Home insurance covers the dwelling itself and not the land because in the event [...]
I thought I had some good points to contribute, and stories to tell even though I’m nowhere near retirement. I really have had a few bad investment mistakes along the way, and I’m sure I’ll run into more in the future, but that’s one of the points of MyInvestingBlog.com – figuring this stuff out! The [...]
One of the major goals of my site (written in my disclaimer) is to be able to give my children a better financial education than I received when I was growing up. The most financial education I have now is that I should be as frugal as humanly possible in every situation as we didn’t have [...]
I’ve mulled this over for a while now – yes, I’m in the personal finance realm and am supposed to tout the benefits of owning a home, but if you really step back and look holistically at the entire process, is it in your best interest?
I’m a fan of numbers, but I try not to get too wrapped up in them. They’re good markers, but the main point is to drive through with them and continue improving them. They can go up and down and really frustrate you if you let them. I’ve more than paid for my site but [...]
I came across this article while stumbling around this weekend. It’s worthwhile and certainly hits home in todays US housing market woes that we’re seeing. Granted it is in one of the more traditionally poor performing areas of America, but nonetheless still interesting.
