Archive for May, 2007
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Finding the Perfect Home: Use a Worksheet
The Simple Dollar’s search for a home has lead him to create a worksheet. This is a fantastic idea. If you are going to look at a lot of homes you need to keep some kind of written record to keep your thoughts straight. This written record can also help you organize [...]
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Weekend Personal Finance Review
I want to wish everyone a happy Memorial Day weekend. I’m going to use the extra day to catch up on some things I’ve been procrastinating on. In fact that will be a theme for some links that I liked this week, including:
Money, Matter, and More Musings says that procrastination can save money. [...]
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Kentucky Derby Loser: Being Bad at Math Cost this Man $13,240
Even though it’s little on the old side, I couldn’t resist passing on this article. A man bought every combination of the Kentucky Derby trifecta so that he would assured to win. Unfortunately he spent $13,680 in placing bets. He came away with $440 in winnings. So if you were looking [...]
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Weekly Financial Review
It has been a few weeks since I have given an update on my week in finances. I’m overdue for an update.
A high school student came knocking on my door on Wednesday. He was trying to sell newspaper subscriptions in an effort to get a $500 college scholarship. He was shocked [...] -
Are we Living Larger or Living Differently? (Part 2)
I hadn’t anticipated yesterday’s Are We Living Larger or Living Differently? turning into a two-parter, but there were some interesting comments including:
“Question is whether the living larger requires dual income — or dual income forces the living larger.” - MossySF
“With dual income families I might offer that a lot of these situations are out of [...]
