How should I invest my money to help reduce the cost of my energy bills?

July 4, 2011

Image courtesy of 5 Volt There are countless of ways you can cut dollars off your energy bills – some will require a little bit of investment, some are relatively cheap and all will have a huge impact on the cost of your energy bills. And if you want to really save, you can compare […]

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23 Restaurants Giving FREE Meals/Discounts for Birthday Clubs!

June 29, 2011

Hat tip to CNN for passing on this tip, but it totally makes sense!  Birthday clubs! We occasionally eat at Red Robin and other national chain restaurants that offer a free meal on your birthday to entice you to come back, buy drinks or whatever.  You get a note in the mail or email to […]

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Are You Better Off Than Your Parents?

June 26, 2011

With the economy slowly recovering from a very rough recession and millions of Americans still out of work, if your perception is based on what you read in the mainstream media, it’s tough to think things are actually going well for this generation.  While joblessness is a temporary condition for most, the actual life you’ve […]

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And They’re Scared of Deflation?

June 26, 2011

I couldn’t help but be skeptical when the Fed justified continued quantitative easing and low interest rates by citing potential deflationary pressures in the economy.  On one hand, yes, we do have high unemployment, so it’s tough to assume high inflation is imminent due specifically to strong wage growth, but when saying we have deflation […]

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Time to Start Leveraging Up Again?

June 26, 2011

It’s impossible to call a bottom in housing, unless you’re the National Association of Realtors (NAR) of course, who I think have done so monthly about 60 times in the past 5 years.  However, housing obviously can’t go to zero, especially rental real estate with real cash flows.  That begs the question as to whether […]

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Painful Pool Cost Overruns – Part II

June 23, 2011

A few weeks ago, I confessed my mortal sin to the blogosphere that as a Personal Finance writer, I’m putting in the dreaded swimming pool.  Swimming pools are lambasted for their lack of resale value and annual costs.  In our case, we have no intention of moving, our children are young enough to use it […]

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