This is just crazy. These people were each making $300 per week picking strawberries and they, along with another family that work as mushroom farmers making $500 per week, were able to qualify for a $720,000 house. Because they didn’t speak english, they were completely reliant on their agent to help them through the process. As it turns out, the loan they were given, and
Archives for April 2007
Free Salad From McDonalds Today
I’m still not sure why I got a free salad from McDonalds today but I am happy to have received it. I took my daughter to McDonalds today. We went through the drive thru and after I ordered a Happy Meal for my daughter, the lady said, “Would you like a chicken salad for free?”. My initial response was, “What was that?”. She asked me
How Does the Government Spend Your Money?
Yahoo has a good article explaining how all the taxes that you send in are spent. Here are the highlights: Social Security: 21% Military: 20% Aid to the Needy: 16% Medicare: 15% Interest on the Debt: 10% Health and Education: 4% Civilian and Military Retirements: 4% Veterans Benefits: 3% Transportation: 3% Other: 6% So there you have it. I have to admit it’s pretty amazing
Time To Lower Your Broadband Bill
It’s that time again. Are you paying the regular price for your internet service? There really is no need to. If you live in an area that has two high speed internet providers, you’d be amazed at the lengths they’ll go to, to keep your business. I live in an area that has both Comcast and Qwest. They both provide high speed internet services and
Live For Today – Plan For Tomorrow
Personal Finance and saving money aren’t all about the numbers. Sometimes it’s hard to see that when you read all the personal finance blogs, look at your asset allocation, receive your credit card statement, open your checking account or log in to your 401k. In fact, it almost always feels like it’s about the numbers. It’s only when you have a significant event in your
Free Burrito From Chipotle
If you frequent Chipotle you may want to check out the link below. If you buy a burrito on Apr 14th or 15th, you can come back and get a free one on the 16th. Frankly, it isn’t all that great since a simple “buy one, get one free” promotion would have been more convenient, but if it’s right down the block, or you go
Finally, A Use For All Those Pennies!
Check out this pyramid of pennies in order to bring attention to colorrectal cancer screenings: http://www.pennypyramidproject.com/
Time For an Old Car
It’s been about two years since we sold our 2000 Honda Accord to my sister and bought a 1996 Toyota 4Runner from a friend of mine. We originally did this so that we could all be comfortable driving out to the lake while we were towing our Seadoo (we’ve since sold the Seadoo to help cover the cost of the property we bought). Well, now
Net Worth Progress
I know I quit displaying detailed net worth statistics awhile ago since I had some friends and family come across this blog but I thought I’d share some of the progress that we are experiencing. I’ve been tracking what I call “Point in Time” balances for a little over a year now. Up until that point I wasn’t keeping any historical data about our net
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