Archive for July, 2008
What Are the Frugal Things to Do Where YOU Live?
At the MoneyLifeNetwork, where we have an inordinate amount of data on saving money and making the most of your life, we have a nice little pile of places to visit with all the information inside to provide a frugal visit. But we are not satisfied. We want more! Send us your tips from where [...]
Mortgage Buster: Scam or Savior?
We were recently approached with an interesting question regarding making interest payments. While there are many different ways of manipulating money, the absolute hardest way is to manipulate it to the advantage of the average consumer or homeowner. The house is stacked against us and we are given the pesky task of paying interest on [...]
The Cheapest Form of Entertainment
The Newspaper. Although the daily news is free and easily assessable by using the internet, there is something irreplaceable about receiving a newspaper every morning on your doorstep. There’s something about actually flipping through the physical pages, while sipping on some coffee. It’s a certain grown up feel that I enjoy, although I could do [...]
Frugal Things To Do In Washington, DC
The MoneyLifeNetwork occasionally does contests, events and other fun projects and this is the latest…Frugal Things To Do In…Your City, State. We have the distinct honor of providing information on fun and frugal things to do in Washington, DC. I have to tell you, that we got lucky here as there is more to do [...]
Consumer Impact from the XM Sirius Merger
We’ve been hearing about it for what seems like the beginning of the two satellite radio companies, but finally the XM Sirius merger has finally been approved. As a Sirius subscriber, this raises multiple questions as I’m a happy but confused subscriber. Will I have to buy new equipment? Will I receive XM channels? Will [...]
Renting vs. Buying
It’s the American dream, buy a home and raise a family. For many, buying a home just feels like the right thing to do, but really couldn’t tell you the financial benefits for doing so. In fact, buying for many is simply not worth the cost. There are obvious advantages to owning a home; likewise, [...]
MYM Mailbag # 1
We weren’t sure what to expect when we decided to open up our mailbag to you, the readers. Frankly, we were worried that we wouldn’t get any responses. We were more than happy with the number of great questions that came in; it’s great to have such active readers! We still have a few more [...]
Your Guide to House Hunting
Both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have gotten quite a bit of media attention on their recent bailout, a la Bear Stearns. While the consequences for this hasn’t been felt yet (and I am pretty sure that we as tax payers are going to be integral in footing the bill) the ramifications of them going [...]
The 8 Worst Habits for Saving Money
We have written before about “Saving” and being “Frugal” and things like that but we haven’t really addressed what to look for when you might be in danger of not saving adequately. Here’s a short list and the resolution for each, take them with you!
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Open Answers to Open Questions
We recently opened our mailbag to the public and asked our readers to submit questions they were wondering about. While we have quite a few to sort through, to start I wanted to put one up from another well known author of a personal finance blog, My Investing Blog. Here are Hanks questions…
A few things [...]
Borrow From Your 401(k) Account with a Debit Card No More?
We can’t stress enough how important it is for everyone to participate in their companies 401(k) retirement program, especially if there is a match involved. Sadly, people are starting to tap their 401(k) accounts early and easily by using a debit card linked to their retirement funds.
Debit card 401(k) withdrawals were actually created thinking people [...]
Budweiser Buyout?
One of our readers, Hancock, has submitted an original piece on his views of the Bud buyout and we feel that it is worthy of display for all our readers…Thank you Hancock and if any readers have questions or comments, feel free to leave them. All will be addressed. Without further ado…
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After a year of [...]
Ask Us Anything!
We have decided to open the mail bag for comments and are curious to know more about our readers as well as field some of the tough questions out there regarding finance, be it personal, stock market or otherwise. What are you curious about? What is weighing heavy on your mind? Looking for a plan [...]
The Best Way to Save Money While in Vegas
OK gang, I am back. I took a little time off away from work, away from this site, away from the Metro, away from just about everything. I went to Vegas.
Now hold on, before you flood my inbox about how an author for a large personal finance site like this gets off going to Vegas, [...]
Give the Gift of Stock
At least twice a year, most of us are task with the job of finding the perfect gift for a nephew, grandson, cousin, or grandchild. Every Christmas and birthday are a must, but it doesn’t stop there, you have graduations, confirmations, and the list goes on. What do you get year after year for the [...]
