Archive for July, 2008
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 [...]
