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6 Ways To Find Free Money Are You Holding a Retirement Time Bomb? 4 Questions to Ask Before You Buy Life Insurance Should You Wait to Give Until You Have Enough Money? Does Your Money Define You? Is Retirement Biblical? (Part 1) 5 Dumb Mistakes That Smart People Make Do You Make These 4 Common 401k Mistakes? How Much Money Do You Need to Retire?
 
6 Ways To Find Free Money

6 Ways To Find Free Money

What are the two words that people love most?  Oftentimes it’s  free and money! Who doesn’t want to get free money?  What’s amazing is the number of people who I run into on a regular basis who continue to leave money  on the table! If you woke up this morning, got your cup of coffee and went to [...]

Are You Holding a Retirement Time Bomb?

Are You Holding a Retirement Time Bomb?

 401ks have been around for years and have been an ever increasingly popular way to save money for retirement.  More and more businesses run some type of deferred contribution plan and they are a great way to attract and retain key employees. 401ks are great from an employee standpoint because they are relatively quick to sign up [...]

4 Questions to Ask Before You Buy Life Insurance

4 Questions to Ask Before You Buy Life Insurance

Oh great – a post about life insurance – doesn’t he know I’m not interested in reading about life insurance? Is there anything people hate thinking about, talking about and paying for more than life insurance?  A necessary evil if you will. It just feels like a waste – I mean what benefit do you receive from having it?  Abolutely nothing [...]

Should You Wait to Give Until You Have Enough Money?

Should You Wait to Give Until You Have Enough Money?

Maybe you’ve asked this question before: “Should I give money even though I am in debt” - or maybe phrased this way - “Should I give money even though I don’t have much to give?” Usually this question can be turned into an objection for giving – such as, “I just don’t have any money to give right now, [...]

Does Your Money Define You?

Does Your Money Define You?

The 2008-09 recession has been one of the roughest ones in history.  Jobs have been lost, lifestyles altered and net worth’s slashed. There has, however, been a couple positives from this recession - primarily it has forced many people to get rid of debt and begin saving more.  For some of us it has also revealed what [...]

Is Retirement Biblical? (Part 1)

Is Retirement Biblical? (Part 1)

  Should Christians pursue retirement as one of their major goals - or in doing so, are they pursuing something that is in complete contrast to what God has purposed for them? I think this is a good question to ask, and one that I’ve often wrestled with. As Americans, we generally want to work for 30 to 40 [...]

5 Dumb Mistakes That Smart People Make

5 Dumb Mistakes That Smart People Make

Wouldn’t you agree it doesn’t take an Ivy League education to be good with your finances? What’s amazing to me is that many smart people make some really dumb financial mistakes! It seems like a person blessed with “brains” would be good with personal money management, but sometimes this just isn’t the case. I’ve talked with many very [...]

Do You Make These 4 Common 401k Mistakes?

Do You Make These 4 Common 401k Mistakes?

We all make mistakes – some of them are just more costly than others. When it comes to our retirement savings there’s a host of mistakes that could cost you. Because companies are shifting the responsibility of retirement on the employees, it’s vital to correct any of these mistakes as quickly as you can. 1. Bad Methods for Choosing [...]

How Much Money Do You Need to Retire?

How Much Money Do You Need to Retire?

One of the biggest questions most people have is how much will I need in order to retire? Maybe less than you think. Here are some simple guidelines to get you started.

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

13 March 2010

I know, this is a bit off my usual topic of money, but hey – it’s good to shake things up a bit. We’ve seen a lot of suffering in the world lately – devastation in Haiti, earthquakes all over the globe right now, extreme poverty and hunger and then of course diseases like cancer! Cancer is [...]

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This Week in Personal Finance – March 12, 2010

This Week in Personal Finance – March 12, 2010

12 March 2010

What a week!  We finished up our 10-day journey where we looked at 10 money-saving tips to help us stash $10,000! Through each of those tips we freed up between $275 per month on the low side all the way up to $950 per month on the high side if you were able to maximize each [...]

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How Should We Help the Poor?

How Should We Help the Poor?

11 March 2010

My post called What’s the Best Way to Help the Poor is up today over at Christian Personal Finance.  I wanted to provide a link to it from here because I had a lot of fun writing that post and wanted to also start a good discussion over there as well. Sometimes the very things we think will [...]

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How to Get a Bigger House Without Buying a New One

How to Get a Bigger House Without Buying a New One

10 March 2010

If your family’s growing and you need extra space, get it without buying a new home or building an expensive addition onto your house. Here’s how. Clear the clutter in every cupboard, closet, drawer and storage area. Evaluate your keepsakes. Scan photos to revive the memory later. Do you really need nine things to remember Aunt [...]

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10 Money-Saving Tips to Stash $10,000 – Tip #10

10 Money-Saving Tips to Stash $10,000 – Tip #10

09 March 2010

Tip #10 – Start Packing Lunches! Welcome to our tenth and final day of our journey, where we are looking at 10 money-saving tips to help save $10,000!   This has been a really fun series of posts and it’s garnered a lot of great comments!  Keep ‘em coming everyone! If you missed the introductory post of 10 Money-Savings Tips to Help [...]

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Posted in Frugality, Personal Finance, Saving Money8 Comments

10 Money-Saving Tips to Stash $10,000 – Tip #9

10 Money-Saving Tips to Stash $10,000 – Tip #9

08 March 2010

Tip #9 – Negotiate Your Home and Auto Insurance Welcome to day nine of our roughly 10-day journey, where we are looking at 10 money-saving tips to help save $10,000!   This has been a really fun series of posts and it’s garnered a lot of great comments!  Keep ‘em coming everyone! If you missed the introductory post [...]

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Posted in Frugality, Insurance, Personal Finance, Saving Money9 Comments

10 Money-Saving Tips to Stash $10,000 – Tip #8

10 Money-Saving Tips to Stash $10,000 – Tip #8

04 March 2010

Tip #8 – Use Coupons, For Everything! Welcome to the eighth day of our roughly 10-day journey, where we are looking at 10 money-saving tips to help save $10,000!  If you missed the introductory post of 10 Money-Savings Tips to Help You Stash $10,000 you’ll definitely want to check it out so we’re all on the same page. But [...]

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10 Money-Saving Tips to Stash $10,000 – Tip #7

10 Money-Saving Tips to Stash $10,000 – Tip #7

03 March 2010

Tip #7 – Slash Your Grocery Bill by Cutting Out Junk Food Welcome to day seven of our roughly 10-day journey, where we are looking at 10 money-saving tips to help save $10,000!  If you missed the introductory post of 10 Money-Savings Tips to Help You Stash $10,000 you’ll definitely want to check it out so we’re [...]

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10 Money-Saving Tips to Stash $10,000 – Tip #6

10 Money-Saving Tips to Stash $10,000 – Tip #6

02 March 2010

Tip #6 – Get Rid of Your Home Phone Welcome to day six of our roughly 10-day journey, where we are looking at 10 money-saving tips to help save $10,000!  If you missed the introductory post of 10 Money-Savings Tips to Help You Stash $10,000 you’ll definitely want to check it out so we’re all on the [...]

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10 Money-Saving Tips to Stash $10,000 – Tip #5

10 Money-Saving Tips to Stash $10,000 – Tip #5

01 March 2010

Tip #5 – Negotiate Your Cell Phone Plan Welcome to day five of our roughly 10-day journey, where we are looking at 10 money-saving tips to help save $10,000!  If you missed the introductory post of 10 Money-Savings Tips to Help You Stash $10,000 you’ll definitely want to check it out so we’re all on the [...]

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Posted in Frugality, Personal Finance, Saving Money11 Comments

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