50 Frugal Gifts You Can Give This Christmas

Christmas time is one of the most joyous times of the year at our house, but if you’re not careful it can also be one of the most expensive times of year. If you’re trying to cut down on spending, like we are at our house, it can become a challenge to find [...]

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$8000 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension: Take Advantage Of Incentives Through June 30th, 2010

November 9, 2009
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If you’re a first time homebuyer and you thought that you might be out of time when it came to getting the $8000 refundable tax credit, think again!  On Friday the Obama administration signed into law the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 which extends the $8000 refundable tax credit through the end [...]

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$6500 Homebuyer Tax Credit For Current Homeowners Signed Into Law Today. Is It Retroactive?

November 6, 2009
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Last week I wrote about how congress was attempting once again to pass an extension of the $8000 first time homebuyer tax credit.  There had been several false starts to get an extension passed as the senate and congress weren’t able to agree on amounts of credits, whether to extend the credits at all, and [...]

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The Great Big List Of 75 Budgeting Tools, Finance Softwares And Iphone Money Apps

November 5, 2009
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A list of 75 + budgeting tools, finance softwares, Iphone money apps and other personal finance related programs that can help you implement your financial plan.

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How Do You Plan To Manage Your Million Dollars?

November 4, 2009
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This post is about gaining perspective on money management and financial stewardship.  I enjoy finding new ways to gain a wise financial steward’s perspective on money.  I hope this particular one will encourage the new financial steward, perhaps be a wake up call for some and a reminder for the more seasoned stewards among us.
I’ve [...]

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Wealth And Contentment: Two Peas In A Pod

November 3, 2009
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The pursuit of wealth is one of the greatest illusions of our time.  We think we will be wealthy when we come to a place in our lives when we can do whatever we want with money.  One might imagine this to be the freedom illustrated by the phrase “financial peace”.  Wealth, however, will never [...]

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HSBC Direct Bank Review: Online High Yield Savings Account

November 2, 2009
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As I continue my search to find the best high yield savings accounts for our family, one that keeps showing up on my radar and that seems to have an extremely strong reputation is the online savings accounts from HSBC Direct.
HSBC Direct doesn’t have branches, the accounts are online only – but it is a [...]

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Senators Agree To Extend First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit And Allow Up To $6500 Tax Credit For Current Homeowners

October 30, 2009
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For some time we’ve been talking about the first time homebuyers tax credit that was passed as a part of the 2009 Economic Stimulus Package. As we mentioned a short time ago, if you haven’t already put in a contract on a house and set up your closing for before November 30th, you most [...]

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This Blogger Fell Into The FICO Trap, But Saw The Light And Became Debt Free

October 29, 2009
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This is a guest post from Debt Free Hispanic over at http://www.debtfreehispanic.com. You can read more of his inspiring posts by checking out his site, or subscribing to his RSS feed here.
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 2 Corinthians 9:6 (NIV)
Today, I’m Debt [...]

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Make Extra Money By Doing Graphic Design Work On The Side

October 28, 2009
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One thing that I am a huge proponent of is trying not to rely too much on one stream of income for your family.  Why not instead create multiple streams of income, whereby if one of them dries up, you’ll still have several others that you can depend on?
PT over at PTMoney.com is launching a [...]

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