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Do You Share Equal Financial Responsibility With Your Spouse?

August 10, 2010
Sharing Financial Responsibility

It’s inevitable. An individual within a married couple will become the main financial person. It’s common knowledge that over the course of marriage, either the husband or wife will emerge as the “one who does the finances.” But should this be allowed to be taken to the extreme? Should only one be in charge of [...]

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Wealthy Heiress’s Empty Mansions Attest To How Material Things Can’t Buy Happiness

August 4, 2010
Empty Mansions

Up on a bluff on the Pacific Ocean sits Bellosguardo – or “Beautiful view.” – a $100 million dollar mansion owned by a reclusive billionaire and 104 year old heiress Huguette Clark. By any account the mansion is beautiful, and the estate is one that any person would love to call home. The thing is, [...]

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Should Married Couples Divide Their Money?

July 7, 2010
Should Married Couples Divide Their Money?

Some couples combine their money while others divide their money.  Perhaps both couples were earning and managing money individually before they got married, so why not continue right on doing the same thing.  It’s the easy thing to do, right?  Well, of course there is always that discussion about who will pay what when the bill [...]

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The Financial Checklist For Newlyweds

June 30, 2010
Financial Tips For Newlyweds

This is a guest post from RJ Weiss, who is an aspiring financial planner. RJ writes about financial planning for twenty-somethings at Gen Y Wealth. If you like what you see here, please consider subscribing to his RSS feed. First things first, congratulations to anyone who has recently married or is getting married. I wish [...]

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What Expenses Should I Expect When Having A Child?

June 24, 2010
Baby Expenses To Expect

As my wife and I prepare for our journey into parenthood, one thing we’ve slowly realized is just how expensive it can be to have children.  There are a host of big and small baby expenses that you may not have even considered, and as time goes on they slowly add up to a pretty [...]

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Don’t Let College Debt Crush Your Will To Learn

May 20, 2010
How To Save Money On College

Nobody ever said that attending college was going to be easy. In fact, with the downward spiral of the recent economy putting the crunch on public services across the board, schools are placing more and more of the burden of paying for higher education on the shoulders of students. Even in cases like California, where [...]

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Need To Consolidate Debt? Lending Club May Have The Solution

May 19, 2010
Lending Club Debt Consolidation

I‘ve been writing about Lending Club for quite some time now, but usually from the viewpoint of an investor. I’ve invested in 30+ loans over the last year or so, and thus far I’ve been extremely happy with the experience. I’ve been pretty careful about the loans that I invest in, and I think because [...]

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Doing A Zero Based Budget Will Lead To Found Money

May 6, 2010
Zero Based Budget Saving Money

Over the past couple of years the economy has been in a tailspin.  With double digit unemployment, people are having a hard time finding jobs, and not many people (beyond government workers) have been seeing their incomes increase. Because times are tough most people are having to be more creative in looking for places to trim [...]

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The Choices We Make Have Consequences. Change Your Life One Decision At A Time

April 28, 2010
Great Achievers Are Responsible

I was reading a new book that I received in the mail yesterday called, “8 Attributes of Great Achievers“, written by Cameron C. Taylor.  The book examines the lives of famous historical figures and gives light to attributes that they shared that helped to make them successful in life.  It’s a great read that I [...]

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Should Your Finances Be In Order Before Having Children?

April 27, 2010
Finances and Children

You might be surprised by my response to this question.  But in general, I don’t think you should plan having children around your finances or financial situation.  In other words, I do not think finances have to be in order to have children. Now I know there are some exceptions in which a child couldn’t [...]

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7 Lies About Money That Can Kill Your Financial Future

April 16, 2010
Lies About Money

Over the past few years through writing for this blog and helping to facilitate Dave Ramsey‘s Financial Peace University class I’ve heard a lot of misconceptions that people have about money. These are beliefs and ideas about money that people hold deep in their psyche that tell them how they should approach money. They help [...]

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Financial Stewardship: The Forgotten Component

April 6, 2010
Stewardship

Most of us Christian personal finance bloggers will often remind you have the importance of good financial stewardship. Most readers know that financial stewardship requires knowing God is the owner of all things, including money. God requires us to manage resources wisely for His Godly purpose for our lives. Forgotten Component Of Financial Stewardship But [...]

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Is Math The King Of The Financial Jungle?

February 18, 2010
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Here a financial myth that I’ve believed for far too long: Myth: If it makes the most math sense it must be the right choice. Reality: We must work the math system for a period of time so that we can ignore the math. You cannot ignore the math for your entire life.  In fact, [...]

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Tips On How To Obey “Thou Shalt Not Covet”

February 4, 2010
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This is a guest post from Mr Credit Card from askmrcreditcard.com. If you are looking for a credit card, check out his list of best credit cards recommendations. A few weeks ago, my Pastor from church was preaching about “Thou shalt not covet” – one of the Ten Commandments. He said that it was not [...]

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