October 2009

Senate Possibly Extending First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

by Glen Craig
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Did you want to use the first time home buyer tax credit but you couldn’t get it to work for you in time (it’s set to expire the end of November)?  You may be in luck!  Senate is considering extending the first time home buyer tax credit until Spring of next year.  The current proposal [...]

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52 Ways To Make Extra Money E-Book

by Glen Craig
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You may have noticed that I’ve written a couple of articles recently on ways to make some extra money (cleaning homes, taking real estate photos).  This is because my good friend at PT Money put together an incredible new e-book called 52 Ways to Make Extra Money…Revisited and my two articles are part of the [...]

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Make Extra Money Taking Real Estate Photos

by Glen Craig
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We recently closed on the sale of our home. Selling a home is a tricky process.  So many factors go into presenting your home to prospective buyers: Price, listings, open houses, dressing your home, getting the best real estate brokers, where the market is…I can go on!  One aspect you can control is how your [...]

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Personal Finance Resource Links 10-26-09

by Glen Craig

Here are some great personal finance links I’ve come across that you should check out:

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Make Extra Money Cleaning Homes

by Glen Craig
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How many of you enjoy cleaning your house? I mean really love scrubbing all the dirt and grime that accumulates in places like the bathroom? I know I don’t but it’s something that needs to be done! But these days it’s hard to find the time to really do a super thorough job cleaning the [...]

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Another Case For Emergency Savings – Credit Score

by Glen Craig
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You know you need emergency savings right? Should something come up where you need money quick you want to have emergency savings handy to help take care of the situation.  Well here’s another aspect to think about: You need emergency savings to protect your credit score!

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My Experience Switching To Cable/Digital Phone Service

by Glen Craig
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So we moved recently. Among the many things we had to switch to our new home was our cable TV connection which also includes our internet connection.  Since the cable provider is the same where we moved it would only be a matter of letting the cable company know about the new location so they [...]

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Personal Finance Fantasy Baseball League 2009

by Glen Craig
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The regular baseball season is over.  It’s a sure sign that summer has come to an end.  It’s also a period of time I go into fantasy sports withdrawal as my fantasy baseball leagues finish.  This year I was fortunate enough to take part in a rotisserie league made up mostly of personal finance bloggers.  [...]

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Ten Things I Learned Moving – And Tips

by Glen Craig
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Our move is over! Whew.  That was really a tough couple of days.  For sure most moves should NOT be like ours.  We were waiting to get a closing date on the sale of our co-op before we committed to a move so we did a lot last minute.  It was very stressful and in [...]

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