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Prepare for Next Year’s Taxes
With tax season behind us, it is worth taking a few minutes to prepare for next year. As the deficit rises, it seems pretty difficult to imagine that our taxes won’t be going up in one form or another....
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Borrow from your IRA
Usually I write about stuff that I recommend doing. In this post, I want to look at something that is possible, but not recommended under most circumstances. With hard economic times, there are a lot...
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Money Myths
The older I get and the more people I meet, the more I come to realize that biggest thing that determines your level of financial freedom has to do with your beliefs about money. I’m not talking about...
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Craigslist Negotiating Secrets
Depending on your point of view, Craigslist is a cesspool of junk or a treasure trove of riches. CraigsList can offer some great deals if you know how to negotiate effectively. I’ve been compiling a...
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Life Insurance
Shortly after my wife and I got married, I took out life insurance policy. When our second child arrived, I took out another policy just to make sure my family would be cared for if something were to...
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Self Directed IRAs
I’ve been learning a bit more about Individual Retirement Accounts and wanted to share a few things I’ve learned about how flexible IRAs actually are. Obviously talk to a qualified financial advisor...
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Understanding Taxes
When it comes to your finances, there are few things you can do that are as beneficial as really understanding taxes and keeping up with current tax law. Most people don’t realize just how much they...
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Your Money or Your Life
A number of years ago, I was managing the IT department for a large non-profit and I had an opportunity to interview for a well funded startup airline. The airline was just launching and they were...
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Free Tax Preparation Sites
With April 15th rapidly approaching, many will start looking for fast, efficient ways to file taxes. The IRS has partnered with a number of sites to provide free online filings. This helps the IRS by...
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American Express Concierge
American Express Concierge and Restaurants One of the best experiences I’ve had with American Express Concierge service was early in 2011 when spending a few days in Kansas City for my wife’s...
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Setting Goals and Making Them Visible
When I was in high school, I wanted to get a computer. Computers weren’t nearly as inexpensive as they are now days. The one I wanted represented about 15% of my fathers yearly salary at the time. It...
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Holiday Shopping Challenge
Last week I got an email from someone at American Express asking if I’d be interested in doing some Christmas shopping (at their expense) and blogging about it. To really make it enticing, the offered...
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I was recently talking with a friend who said he’d be scared to try to start his own business because it seemed so insecure. I asked, “How is that any different than what you do working for someone...
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Living Within Your Means
When we purchased our first house we put down a large down payment. Our realtor was surprised to find out we didn’t have any other debt. Getting the loan was no problem as we bought quite a bit less...
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Creative Business – Tie Society
Some time back I wrote an article called You Are Self-Employed. The premise was that being an employee doesn’t really offer any job security and if it doesn’t offer job security, you may want to...
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