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Rethinking Credit Card Rewards - Are They Worth It?
on Oct 25, 2009 in Credit Cards 5% cashback sounds good right? Or does it? Baker at Man vs Debt, recently posted on why he doesn’t use credit cards. His personal morals don’t allow him to support an industry that he doesn’t agree with. I thought he made a great...
Need a job? Head to North Dakota
on Oct 17, 2009 in Careers A while back The Happy Rock wrote a post called “40 acres and a mule: free land still available in the US.” It describes how in Kansas and North Dakota there are some programs that still give land away, much like the old homestead days.
Frugal Family Traditions
on Oct 12, 2009 in About Me Children and Money Money Savers This past weekend my family said “Goodbye to Summer” and “Hello to Fall” (Not just because we turned on the heat for the first time either). In what is becoming a yearly family tradition we took a hiking trip in a state park w...
4 Real Estate Lessons For Sellers
on Oct 8, 2009 in Real Estate I think we finally have a buyer lined up for our condo which went on the market about 11 months ago. We originally listed our 2 bedroom 1 bath 950 sqft condo at $169,000 but settled $20,000 less than that at $149,000 almost a year later. 15...
DD’s Monthly Expenses - September 2009
on Oct 2, 2009 in About Me It seems like I start off every one of these posts by saying I can’t believe how fast time is flying, BUT I REALLY CAN’T! I think the cool and wet summer we had screwed up my inner clock. It is still waiting for the 4th of July. Oh...
Are You Ready for Some Financial Football?
on Sep 19, 2009 in Children and Money Credit Cards Woo-Hoo! Football has finally started! Better yet I got to watch my favorite team, The Washington Redskins, on TV(This is a big deal when you live in the middle of nowhere and you only have three channels). But let ye football gods strike me d...
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