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Some of you have followed along as we try and sell our house without a real estate agent.  I have documented how we were using Iggyshouse.com to this.  But, the site has been down for the last several days.  I was finally able to find this article suggesting that this is not a temporary glitch.
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These days, medical expenses are a big burden to many family’s budgets. Unfortunately, it isn’t always easy to figure out just how and when you can save money without endangering your health. However, here are some tips that could save you plenty of money on your prescriptions.
Costco, Sam’s Club, and Other Warehouse Clubs
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I’ve become obsessed with themes in Wordpress. Nothing seems to be exactly what I want, although there are a lot of great themes out there. Currently I’m using this grid based theme (see credit in footer). I’ve been hacking at it for a while now, and I’m not sure it looks as good as the [...]

Ok, so nothing at all on the house for two weeks. It was very weird because we were having a few showings every weekend day and one or two the other days with an off day every now and then. Then, all of the sudden, nothing! I checked everything out to make [...]

The 401(k) Primer is up at www.financegourmet.com
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Maybe I’m a little late to the party, but I just got a hold of Windows Live Writer, and I have to tell you it makes posting to the blog way easier! I love it. Anyway it is part of Windows Live which is apparently Microsoft’s attempt to compete with Google’s expanding repertoire [...]

I’ve decided to do a new series here at Finance Gourmet on the psychology of money.  Virtually all the emails I get and questions I’m being asked from both online and in person lately have to do more with psychology than they do with raw numbers and math.  I already have about eleven topics [...]