Archive for June, 2007

• Busy Week, Business Thoughts, and Media Exposure

  Friday, June 29th, 2007

  Here are some things going on with me personally this week.
  I may be the most busy person in the world this week. What makes me so busy:

  I’m trying to square away things on my rental property. I’ve got a new tenant coming in for July. It turns out there was disconnect [...]

• Health Scare and Some Financial Questions?

  Thursday, June 28th, 2007

  Yesterday, in a post on Lazy Man and Health, I introduced you to the Travelin’ Man. You might be familiar with him because he comments fairly frequently. Unfortunately, his doctor says that he might have bladder cancer. He sent a few bloggers an e-mail, asking a few financial questions. I’ll [...]

• First Ever Contest – Grand Prize valued at Over $200

  Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

  Many personal finance sites run contests and giveaways to give something back to their readers. I’ve been hesitant to do this for three major reasons:

  I’m extraordinarily stingy
  I hate to put something in the mail system without a name and return address. At the same time, I don’t want to use my own [...]

• Lazy Man’s Identity Revealed…

  Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

  … to a friend… I’m apologize for the teasing title, but it just fit right.
  I had mentioned in the past that I have an obsession with the fantasy baseball leagues and in particular a game called Baseball Mogul. I compete in these statistical challenges with people who I’ve never met in person. [...]

• My Compliments to Two Companies

  Monday, June 25th, 2007

  It’s not often that I have praise to give companies. In fact I had to create a whole new category for this post. You may note that I already have a Rants category.
  The first company I’d like to call out is The Men’s Warehouse. I chose them for my upcoming wedding [...]

• Weekend Personal Finance Review

  Sunday, June 24th, 2007

  It’s time for another weekend of round-ups. I’m taking the next two weekends of round-ups off to get married. Because of this I wanted to give you additional commentary for each article that I’ve chosen.

  Ben from Money Smart Life says what he wants for Father’s Day. I found this article probably [...]

• Big City vs. The Country

  Friday, June 22nd, 2007

  Trent from The Simple Dollar states why he loves the country life in Iowa. He goes into the detail about the financial advantages of Iowa.
  I have always lived near the big city, usually about ten miles away at the most. The two big cities are Boston and San Francisco. Here are [...]

• Fifteen Things I’d Like To Say to High School Lazy Man

  Thursday, June 21st, 2007

  The other day I had a dream. One of my older friends, a scientist had figured out how to soup up a DeLorean. It was the mechanics for street racing or anything like that… but when it reached 88mph the car had the ability to go back in time! I know [...]

• When Can You Retire?

  Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

  Have you ever sat down and figured out when you might be able to successfully retire? If you have you might have realized that the closer you are retirement the better your estimation are. Since I’m only 31, calculating my retirement is is like trying to sink a putt from far, far [...]

• Value of a Dollar Earned

  Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

  I’ve been thinking about my Alternative Income Streams recently. I’m trying to put them in context with the earnings from my day job. I’m at a bit of crossroads where I’m not sure what to make of this income stream.
  A large number of you leave comments about how well I’m doing each [...]