Being a smart consumer, or smart investor, or smart anything really is all about knowledge. Understanding the world you are playing in just makes good sense. I can spot most finance scams by reading the title. The reason? I’ve spent plenty of time reading the fine print and [...]
Day 15 of selling our home by ourselves without a realtor or real estate agent. Today, we discuss how to present the inside of your home so that it lives up to that fabled curb appeal.
A letter from a major mortgage lender suggests big savings by paying no closing costs.
Too bad they admit (in tiny print on the back) that you’re just putting the closing costs in the loan which could cost you WAY more.
So, a plugin took down the Finance Gourmet blog this morning. Needless to say it will be deleted never to return. I didn’t know that it could take down a whole site like that. I had a blank screen. No error, no nothing. I ended up doing the upgrade to [...]
By any measure, the math says that paying off your home is not a smart move financially. Then why is it that so many people see paying off their home as a great goal?
There are three reasons really. One is out of date thinking, the other is a financial myopia, the last one is [...]
Middle of the week. Three total showings. Nothing new to report from the selling your own home without a realtor battlefront.
Ok, boys and girls, its April 8th. Just one week to go before April 15th, the dreaded Ides of April when the IRS wants your completed taxes in the mail. So, here are the Top 10 Last Minute Tax Tips to save you money on your taxes and make them easier and [...]
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