We had a major computer meltdown recently, so posting is going to be light this week. Apologies to Yakezie Fall Team members and to MoneyPros for the lack of connectivity. If anything, this meltdown has served to highlight our need to upgrade… and in so doing feed a little more cash into maw of the techno-consumeristic beast. The iMac was “only”
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Like a lot of other personal finance bloggers, I’m a huge fan of Annual Credit Report. Unlike a lot of other services, this one is actually free and since you’re requesting it, it does not cause a hard inquiry on your account. Each year, you can get a free credit report from each of the three.
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Yesterday, I wrote about the most common fear of a Roth IRA, that I have talked to my friends about.  And that fear is putting the money into a Roth IRA, then needing the money, but not wanting to get penalized to do so.  What many people fail to realize is that you can take
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The Race to $1 Million is a monthly series where Kevin McKee and The Hoff post net worth updates. The first person to reach $1 million in household net worth wins an undetermined prize. Can I get a “WOOT!” for the stock market this month. Holey freaking baloney this month was awesome. I can’t hold …
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Friday, finally! Although, I have to say that it has been a satisfying week on the blog. Having overcome the dreaded tummy bug, I was able to get back to a more consistent posting schedule and do my rounds of my blogging friends and interact with them. You don’t know how much you appreciate the simple routines
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Between providing alternatives to the dividend aristocrats, discussing preferred shares and building a pension I feel like I have been talking about investment income a bit too much lately and I am going to slow down for November…right after this post.  The other day a pretty regular commenter, John from Curious Cat Investing Blog, said.
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  As I wrote in my last post, the iMac flamed out.  Completely.  I had backed up our data a couple of years ago, most the photos, the music, and some excel files.  But not recently. And now it’s locked up in a frozen hard drive that the geniuses at the Apple store have no idea how to recover.  Not that they were shy about charging us 99 bucks to te
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Pre-nups for the Middle Class? As a member of the middle class, I use to think that Pren-ups were for those people that were rich or had the ambition and drive to become rich.  You know Kim Kardashian (nice move on her part), Donald Trump and that level of rich… But Kevin at Thousandaire.com makes Does Prenups Make Sense For The Middle Class?

Recently, I read an article on Time.com about how much the average American spends on coffee, gas, and other neccessities. This made me curious about how we compare to the average consumer. Coffee – The Consumerist cited Accounting Principals’ latest Workonomix survey and said the average American worker is spending about $1,092/year on coffee. Really
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First let me start by saying I have the potential to be a money hoarder!  The only thing preventing me from being a money hoarder is I don’t have much money… Honestly, since freeing myself totally from debt, I’m still finding it hard to spend money. Oh sure, usually we go out to eat once Are You A Money Hoarder?