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Would you ever consider relocating to a city with more job opportunities? CNN Money recently released their Best Places to Live 2009 list. This year’s ranking was, for obvious reasons, heavily slanted towards cities that provided the most job opportunities. The top ten cities were:
1. Louisville, CO
2. Chanhassen, MN
3. Papillion, NE
4. Middleton, WI
5. Milton, MA
6. Warren, NJ
7. [...]
The guest post is by Ann from Buxr.com, an online bargain hunting community. The site invites members to share online deals as well as discuss all kinds of questions related to money and finance.
In an effort to make good on his promises to establish a plan to bring the country out of the current housing [...]
If you’re looking to reduce your federal taxes for 2008 here are two things I’m doing that you should consider before the end of the year:
Pay Your Property Taxes
Here in Texas my property taxes aren’t due until January 31. However, these taxes can be deducted as an expense against your income on your 2008 federal tax return, as [...]
Six months ago I shared that my company ESPP had become my property tax escrow.
ESPP Information
A quick refresher…an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) is a benefit offered by some publicly traded corporations. It’s basically an account you stash money into for a specified period of time (6 months for me), and at the end of [...]
Home Inspection After One Year
We just had our home inspected. Those of you who have been following along more than a year might be questioning that move. “Didn’t you buy a house last year this time, PT?” As a matter of fact we did. So why are we just now getting it inspected? Well, because [...]
After yesterday’s guest post, Would You Consider a Home Refinance to Pay Off Credit Cards?, caused a bit of a backlash, I thought I would follow it up by covering the topic in detail. First, here’s one comment from reader Cat:
NEVER EVER replace unsecured debt with secured debt. To even give this subject a thought [...]
Editor Note: The following is a guest post.
Credit Card Debt
High interest credit card debt cripples people who charge more than they can afford. If we could all pay off our credit cards in full each month, chances are we wouldn’t be using them so often! Making late payments then causes us to pay even more [...]
*mild rant warning*
Did anyone else catch Ed McMahon and his wife on Larry King last night? Apparently Ed McMahon’s mansion is going into foreclosure. Ed is $644,000 behind in payments on the $4.8 million mortgage.
So how did Ed get in this position? Here’s his take from last night: ‘’If you spend more money than you [...]
Hi, I'm PT. No, I'm not a millionaire ...yet. But I have a big desire to help you learn to live a limitless financial life. more...
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