Our major news this week is that our home went on the market on last Thursday. Since then we’ve had six showings. Not bad for six days, two of which were Good Friday and Easter. The weather here in Charlotte has finally shed its wintry countenance. Highs are in the mid-70s and lows are in …
One of my go-to bloggers these days is Tonya from Budget and the Beach. She recently posted a fantastic yarn about a “dumb-ass” purchase she had just gotten roped into by some clever advertising. Yes, even the great ones make a financial faux pas every now and then. And I encourage you to read it, …
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We’re in our final countdown to listing our home for sale. We’re going live tomorrow! Last week, our realtor Hailey brought her photographer to our home to take the listing photos for our sale. Have you seen the magnificent photo montages along with the homes for sale on Multiple Listing Service (MLS)? I’ll bet our house …
To paraphrase the Airplane character Steve McCroskey, “It looks like I picked the wrong year to write an ebook.” Yeah, even though my ebook, The Groovy Guide to Financial Independence, is sure to revolutionize how Americans approach personal finance, it’s not coming to an ebook reader near you anytime soon. My goal was to publish …
My taxes are easy. Pension income plus dividend income minus standard deductions and personal exemptions for a married couple filing jointly times ten percent. So I do my taxes myself and file online using one of the IRS’s free software tools. In the previous two years, it took me about an hour to do my …
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