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21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 6- Review All Bills And Expenses

Since we’re on a mission to pay our own bills around here let’s get down to business!  Today’s mission is pretty simple.  Still, it’s painful for some because I really don’t think we realize how much we’re paying out in comparison to what we’re pulling in (salary, freelancing, side hustles etc).  Day 5 we looked at how much money you [...]

21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 5- Make Extra Money

Let’s recap 21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 1- Create A 1 Year Financial Plan 21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 2- Identify Your Financial Weaknesses 21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 3- Track Every Penny Because Every Dollar Has A Job 21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 4-Automate Your Bills 21 Days To Rock Your [...]

Your Budget Called: “Stop Wasting Money With Groupon!”

Are you one of those people with several unused Groupon or Living Social vouchers in your account?  If so then pull up a seat, because this post is right on time for you.  Maybe you’re thinking that you save money with companies like Groupon, and maybe you’ve scored a few unbelievable deals. But the most expensive is the one you [...]

21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Week 1 Recap

Hopefully you’ve taken the weekend to unwind and review this week’s topics in our Rock Your Finances series.  If you’re just catching up here’s what we’ve covered so far: 21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 1- Create A 1 Year Financial Plan 21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 2- Identify Your Financial Weaknesses 21 Days To Rock Your [...]

21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 4-Automate Your Bills

  We’re now on Day 4 of Rock Your Finances.  If you’ve missed the previous articles in this series, you can catch up here: Created A 1 Year Financial Plan Identified Your Financial Weaknesses Learned How To Track Every Penny  Today’s task is pretty short and sweet but results in a huge payoff in that you avoid late fees and [...]

21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 3- Track Every Penny Because Every Dollar Has A Job

We’re now on Day 3 of Rock Your Finances.  By now you should have Created A 1 Year Financial Plan Identified Your Financial Weaknesses Today we’ll be discussing how to track every penny that comes in and out of your account.  This is the only way that you’ll gain some insight on where your money has been and what it’s [...]

21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 2- Identify Your Financial Weaknesses

Today we continue our series: 21 Days To Rock Your Finances with identifying your financial weaknesses.  This is day 2 of our series – Did you create your financial plan?  If so, then let’s move on to identifying your financial weaknesses.  Think of creating your financial plan and identifying your financial weaknesses as laying the groundwork for the tasks later [...]

21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 1- Create A 1 Year Financial Plan

It’s a new year and we all have resolutions!  If you’re reading this blog, the it’s safe to guess that you have a few financial resolutions that you’d like to tackle this year.  Well, how about we take a look at tackling them in 21 days?  In this series, we’ll be giving you tips on how to rock your finances [...]

Change.org Petition: Wells Fargo Bans Customers From Suing Them

I just signed the following petition addressed to: Wells Fargo. —————- Wells Fargo mailed out notices in December to their customers informing them of the intent to remove the right to become a party to any class-action lawsuit or even sue the bank themselves should they continue as a customer after February 15, 2012. Any and all disputes would be [...]

Strategic Default: Is It Ever OK To Walk Away From Your Mortgage Even If You Can Afford It?

Every where you turn there’s a new mortgage program out there for people unable to afford their mortgage for a variety of reasons.  Homeowners are spread thin, often a mile wide and an inch deep when trying to cover all of the costs associated with paying a mortgage and owning a home.  These include: Mortgage Home owner’s Insurance Property Taxes [...]