March 2009

We Received An Offer For Our Home!

by Glen Craig

I got a call from our real estate agent. She told me that we got an offer from some people who came by one evening earlier in the week.  Very exciting as this is our first official offer! One problem… The offer was $75k lower than our asking price!  If we were selling a million [...]

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Carnivals And Festivals (It’s Spring Edition)

by Glen Craig

I’m looking over my notes (in Evernote, check it out) and I’m realizing I haven’t listed out the carnivals and festivals I’ve taken part in for some time.  First, if you haven’t been visiting the carnivals and festivals out there you should!  There are lots of great articles from some of the best online personal [...]

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There’s Still Time To Win TurboTax!

by Glen Craig

There’s still time to win one of two copies of TurboTax Premier! Go check out the post and see how you can win. So get those entries in!!!

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No Job Is Below You

by Glen Craig

When I was a teen I worked at a supermarket (I actually worked there a loong time).  One day I ran into a friend’s dad woo had his own butcher business.  We chatted and he asked me if I worked.  I sheepishly told him I worked at a supermarket like maybe I was a little [...]

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TurboTax Wants To Help You File Taxes With A Giveaway!

by Glen Craig

Our friends at TurboTax are providing Free From Broke with two prepaid access codes to their TurboTax Premier Online edition (includes one free federal + state preparation + e-files) to giveaway to two readers! TurboTax Premier is tax preparation software for people with investments and rental property income. Premier guides taxpayers step-by-step through investment and [...]

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Should The Government Use The Stimulus To Bailout Madoff Ponzi Victims?

by Glen Craig

After I wrote my piece about Madoff and his ponzi scheme I started to think:  Should the Madoff ponzi victims be bailed out by the government? Think of how much money is being poured into investment institutions with the economic stimulus… Is $68 billion so bad to help people who were clearly swindled? It’s a [...]

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What Is A Ponzi Scheme – In Simple Terms

by Glen Craig

With all of the talk about Bernie Madoff heading off to jail for a few years (a century or so) the thought on a lot of people’s minds is How did he do it? and What is a Ponzi scheme? I came across the post Explaining the Ponzi Scheme to a Fifth Grader recently.  I [...]

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Is Saving 8 to 12 Months Expenses Even Possible Or Practical?

by Glen Craig

I recently brought up the question of whether we now need 8-12 months expenses saved rather than the old three to six months that used to be convention. I think in these economic times, where we are seeing unemployment hitting rates we haven’t seen in decades, that three to six months isn’t enough. I received [...]

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Is 8 To 12 The New 3 To 6?

by Glen Craig

Old wisdom said we should have three to six months of expenses in savings in case you were laid off or lost your job for some reason.  On average it took that time frame to find another job so you would have enough put away to get by in the meantime. But times are different [...]

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What Will You Do With Your Tax Refund (And A Contest)

by Glen Craig

We were happy to discover a couple of deposits into our ING savings the past couple of weeks. We received both our Federal and State/Local tax refunds direct deposited. Our goal of course would is to be tax neutral come tax return time (why give the government a free loan if we don’t have to?) [...]

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