For the first few weeks after the New Year starts, people everywhere are still getting their resolutions together, but chances are — given the state of the economy — if you are one of the millions of people who bothered to set a resolution for yourself, it probably has to do with your finances. While [...]
Back in 2009 I wrote a post on this blog titled Finding New Ways To Generate Income. I mentioned the premise of the book The Millionaire Maker by Loral Lengemeier, in saying that people can only save so much on expenses to get out of debt and that what they might need to do is [...]
Debt elimination is not something you can do on the fly. It takes a certain amount of planning in order to orchestrate a solid debt elimination plan. Even with a plan, it is possible for things to come up unexpectedly but having a guideline makes it a little easier to find your way back to [...]
There have been a couple of articles on this blog about debt consolidation, but none have addressed the main question, which is if debt consolidation is a good deal or not. On the surface it seems like a good thing, but it isn’t necessarily a good thing at all; let’s take a look at a [...]
The majority of us only have so much money to spend. Even if we get ahead, we often spend money on stupid stuff instead of things like getting out of debt or even purchasing things wisely so that we can use some of that extra money for other things without hurting ourselves. I’m all about [...]
It’s a fairly well known fact that one of the top causes of trouble in romantic relationships is financial strain. Of course, this isn’t the only problem couples face, but it is a big problem, and because of that, it’s best to try to avoid it altogether in your own relationship by inviting or helping [...]
I’m not a big proponent of people having a lot of credit cards. It’s way too easy to get lulled into a false sense of security as far as being able to buy anything you want to. Small monthly payments are also misleading because most people don’t realize how many years it would take to [...]
