The Most Expensive Coffee on Earth – From an Animal’s Butt. Curious How it Tastes?

January 1, 2012

I’ve become a bit of a coffee snob lately.  My wife finds it to be really annoying.  One of my co-workers showed up one day with a French Press.  The coffee tasted way better out of there than the crappy company coffee stand in for our afternoon wakeup call.  From there, we researched how to […]

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End of Year Links and Musings

December 31, 2011

I can’t believe 2011 has come to an end already.  Time sure does move more quickly the older you get (all the more reason to start saving now for retirement, college and a rainy day rather than procrastinating).  Anyway, it was a great year for me personally, professionally and for the blog. Here were a […]

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Social Security Tax Deal for 2012 Explained

December 25, 2011

Social Security Tax changes for 2012 were recently enacted but will likely change again later in the year since the latest deal only carries over for the first two months of 2012 and will likely need to be extended yet again.  Aside from extending the existing payroll tax cut by 2% (payroll tax reduced from […]

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I Got an Insurance Policy for My Mortgage

December 23, 2011

The following is a Guest Post: I can’t imagine that I’m alone in this world in not wanting to pay for insurance – ANY insurance. My health insurance is through the roof and makes up about 20% of my monthly expenses. Considering I haven’t even had a cold in two years, it needles me to […]

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Here’s What Happens When You Rent to College Kids

December 21, 2011

This picture pretty much says it all. Recently, I highlighted how AFTER we closed, the insurance company for our college rental properties came out and whipped up a bunch of costly repairs we would have to undertake or else we’d lose our coverage – which in turn would have the bank revoke our loan.  So, […]

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How Does Your Personal Capital-To-Income Ratio Stack Up with This Recommendation?

December 18, 2011

Today I’m highlighting the capital to income ratio, which I’d heard about before, but hat tip to White Coat Investor (good new finance blog I found which you should check out) for making me rethink it and share again here.  Basically, this is one of the many ratios that Charles Farrell focuses on in his […]

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