Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
I have started using a new WordPress tool so that ELYM is optimized for viewing on Iphones and Ipod Touch’s. It actually looks pretty cool. It’s clean and gives you just the information you really want. (No ads, links etc) It does a great job of showing you how many comments an article has and loads very fast. Just one more way to view ELYM.
I was absolutely shocked to see that low end house prices in my area have come way down. It’s possible to buy a house for $125,000 that is in relatively good condition. The cheapest house that was available during the peak of the real estate market was over $200,000. Prices are getting to the point that, with $25,000 down, we could acquire a rental property
I was absolutely thrilled to discover that my credit union now offers online deposits. For the last few years, I’ve really dreaded getting physical checks from people because it meant that I’d have to plan a trip to an ATM or one of my credit union lobbies. Don’t get me wrong, the people at my credit union are top notch, but it’s just such a
I think alanis morissette wrote a song called ironic. This probably should have been included. Deborah McDonald was hit and killed by a car in northern Ohio on the same day that she received a lottery check for $5520. While that isn’t a huge amount of money, apparently it was more than she’s used to. After going out for drinks and buying wedding rings for
If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that I’m not a huge fan of banks. I used to use banks exclusively and then I discovered credit unions. Without question I still believe if you have a choice between a good solid credit union and a large national bank, you should choose the credit union. Not everyone feels that way.
Everyone has different financial goals in life. For a long time it was the ambition of many people to have a million dollars by the time they retire. Unfortunately a million dollars isn’t quite what it used to be but it’s still a substantial sum of money. As I’ve continued to save and invest over the years, I’ve often thought, “hmmm, how much money should
I have always marveled at all the things you can do on the Internet. The creativity that people express is absolutely mind boggling and the fact that the majority of it is free never ceases to amaze me. The latest thing that I’ve gotten a lot of entertainment from is Facebook. You know it’s probably a site that is near death when 37 year old
Boston Gal has been profiling various people in her “Money Series” posts for quite awhile now and I’ve been meaning to link over to her category. I love reading about other people’s finances, although lately it seems that it’s more about people’s hardships, which I don’t like nearly as much as reading about people that are thriving. Anyway, she’s got a collection of stories about
My old blogging friend, MadameX has put up a great post about her income and expenses over the last 7 years. She has done an OUTSTANDING job at managing her finances and has reaped the benefits of that with a very impressive amount of saving each year. All this while living in New York, dealing with all life’s curve balls, buying a home etc etc..
I’ve been using Mint.com for over a year now and it seems like a good time to walk through the features and offer up my “likes†and “dislikesâ€. Let me start out by saying that there is no question I like this application. It’s clean, it works and it’s causing us to watch our finances closer than we ever have before. Why? Well, let’s look