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Weekend Goal – Financial Audit

Image by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com via Flickr 12 Steps for Getting your Finances in Order Getting your finances in order is so easy to put off. That’s why every few months, it’s necessary to do a financial audit of yourself. Brush off those dollar cobwebs and get to work! Everyone should take some time out of their [...]

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Your Home is Not an Investment

Image by thinkpanama via Flickr Those real estate agents are tricky, prone to all sorts of chicanery. They will tell you things like “oh, this home is a great investment!” and fill your head with dreams of your home doubling, or even tripling in value.  Certainly, you will live here and raise a family here, [...]

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Money Management's Dirty Little Secret

Image by jtyerse via Flickr Economists and Money Managers have a dirty little secret: spending money now is better than spending money later.  It’s true, ask them.  Finance professionals even “discount” money to be received in the future – things like inflation, opportunity cost and risk of loss all eat away at its value. Hell, [...]

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