After waiting patiently to upgrade my cell phone I pulled the trigger and purchased a T-Mobile SDA. Ended up buying it in a T-Mobile store since it was more convenient and their web site does not have it yet (http://www.t-mobile.com/promos/online/preregmdasda/).
When it came to price, my decision point was based on how long I wanted to renew [...]
Ever wonder how much your house is worth given the current market conditions? Historically this has not been an easy question to answer. I’ve typically kept track of this by searching the county records for recent sales that were kind of similar to my house in location, size, year, etc. This is only manageable because [...]
I ran across a great blog this morning, Ask Uncle Bill. The premise is excellent, that college graduates need way more guidance on personal finance than the zero guidance they receive.
I’m still here trying to get the most out of credit card rewards. Here is an update to the set of cards that we are using to maximize our rebates in various categories. I’m sure this is not the optimal set. What are you using?
Category
%
Card
Card Limit
Expiration
Supermarkets
Drugstores
Gas Stations
5%
Citi Dividend MC
$300
Drugstores
Fitness
Eyeglasses
Medical/Dental
5%
Discover Card
$1500
3/31/06
Amazon.com
3%
Amazon.com Visa Card
unlimited
Everything Else
1%
Discover Card
unlimited
Laura Rowley a columnist at Yahoo! Finance has an article about how married people are almost twice as wealthy as single/divorced. Here are a couple statistics from the article:
Married are 93% more wealthy than single/divorced
Divorced saw wealth string by 77%
Married have 4% boost in wealth each year just from marriage
Two-person family only spends 1.8 times [...]