Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
Yahoo has an article up that shows how much customer misery there is out there with the big banks. Check out these stats: The report, Forrester’s annual Customer Advocacy rankings, ranks nearly 50 financial services firms in the United States by the percentage of each firm’s customers who agree with the statement: "My financial provider does what’s best for me, not just its own bottom
Today I was browsing through the homes for sale in my general area (after work) and came upon a really nice looking place that is exactly the kind of property I’ve always wanted. It was relatively close to the city but had a very definite “country†feel to it. The house sits on about 1 acre of land, is about 3600 square feet (way too
Karl Rabeder has decided that all of his money is making him miserable. Here is an excerpt from the article: The tipping point came while he was on a three-week holiday with his wife to islands of Hawaii. "It was the biggest shock in my life, when I realised how horrible, soulless and without feeling the five star lifestyle is," he said. "In those three
I just recently added the website “Slickdeals” to my RSS reader. This site is basically a hub for deals on everything from computers and electronics to household goods and clothing. What got me to subscribe in the first place is that they’ve had some really good deals on things like Xbox’s, laptops and TV’s. I almost felt like I might be missing out if I
If you are craving a burger and fries from Denny’s (Not sure if that’s possible), you can get a free burger and fries if you are one of the first 500,000 people to sign up for their Rewards program. You’ll also be entered for a chance to win 52 free Grand Slams. From what I hear, the lines at Denny’s were crazy today. I know
I’ve read more than a couple articles predicting gloom and doom for the commercial real estate industry. Many are concerned with an impending collapse of the commercial real estate market and what that is going to do to the many banks that have billions in loans supporting it. Not being an expert on anything related to the subject, all I could do was ponder whether
We have some friends that have been really scraping by because one of them lost their job almost a year ago. Well, they are both finally working again and you can sure tell the pressure is off. After being back at work for only 3 days, they’ve gone out and bought a big screen television. Apparently all their fears and worries about how they were
David over at My Two Dollars blogged about whether he thinks it’s okay to walk away from a mortgage. Originally, back in 2008, he said he didn’t think it was okay and was just wrong. Fast forward to today and he has changed his mind. He now believes, in light of all the government support the banks are receiving (and not really passing it on
I was browsing around on Craigslist and came upon this ad: BEAUTIFUL M3 White exterior / Black leather interior Dual clutch system Technology Pkg. Fully Loaded Carbon Fiber Roof Premium Sound System Navigation You can either buy it outright for $56,000 or assume my lease of $1309.10 per month for the remaining 20 months of the lease term. Residual is approx. $36,000.00 Seriously? A monthly
I finally blocked out a bit of time to take an early look at our taxes now that all of our W2’s and 1099’s have arrived. I haven’t bought the 2009 Turbotax software yet so I decided to just quickly punch all the numbers in to the Turbotax website with bogus personal information. With both my wife and I working and online income, it has
