Archive for May, 2007
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Are we Living Larger or Living Differently?
Free Money Finance wrote a couple of days ago that we appear to be living larger than we were in the 70s. The article focuses an MSN report and data from a survey by Pew Research.
Fact from the article: “At the start of the 1970s, only 31% of households had more than one car, [...] -
Tenant Troubles: Update
I want to thank those responding to my article on Friday. I had some tenant troubles, and you helped me out by giving your advice. In fact, it was the most advice I’ve ever gotten. Overwhelmingly you said what I thought was right – let my tenant break her lease without penalty. [...]
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Money Question Bonanza
I’m not sure what sum counts as an official bonanza, but for the purposes of this article, I’m going to go with two. A couple of other bloggers had been taking questions and took a couple of my answers.
Money, Matter, and More Musings asked, “How do you handle financial disagreements with your spouse?”
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Weekend Personal Finance Review
Here are some thoughts I had while watching the Red Sox extend their lead over the Yankees to 10.5 games yesterday. I won’t feel comfortable until that’s at least 25 games.
Earlier this week Money, Matter, and More Musings asked What Is The Worth Of *Net Worth* If It Is Not Usable? Here’s an [...]
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Tenant Troubles: What Would You Do?
I have a bit of a problem on my hands. I haven’t talked about it in some time, but I’m a landlord. I kind of fell into the position when my fiancee and I headed west to pursue great career opportunities. I was a little leery of becoming a landlord. The job doesn’t have a [...]
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Net Worth Update – May 2007
Since it’s the middle of the month, it’s time to update my net worth. I actually updated it a day or two ago on the website. Did you notice?
For the second month in a row, things moved significantly in the right direction. I was aided by a tax return of around $1,800. [...] -
End of Your Rope? Phases 2 and 3
Yesterday I wrote about some emergency measures you should consider if you find yourself without an income. With any luck you won’t have to live without a steady income for a long time. I really hope that you don’t have to go two years like I had to.
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End of Your Rope? Tie a Knot and Hang on Tight.
Yesterday I explained how I got an e-mail from a woman who lost her job and the feelings that I went through in a similar situation. Today, I’ll detail what I did about it then and what I’d do about it today.
First off, I’d break your plan of attack into three phases:
Phase 1 (Immediate Term) [...] -
I Lost My Job
Last week, on May 8th, Lazy Man and Money turned one year old. In that time I have received nearly 1000 e-mails, but none like the one I received on that day:
Hi Lazy man, tell me how do you create a blog to get help to pay my bills. I was recently layed off work [...] -
Weekend Personal Finance Review
It’s a sunny day here in Silicon Valley and I should be out picnicing, but I just find myself attached to my computer.
It seems, from Money, Matter, and More Musings’ questioning, a number of you have problems with personal finance link-fests, like this one. Some of you said that you have feed readers and [...]
