Student Loan Project: Change with Our Payments

April 25, 2012
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It’s been a month since I shared our progress with the student loan project. We have one student loan between us and its our only non-mortgage debt left. Its time to focus on paying it down faster. I’m using any after tax revenue generated from My Financial Reviews to pay down the student loan faster. The idea here is that money [...]

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Debt Management Plans – What Do You Need to Look Out For?

April 24, 2012
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For some people, they are drowning in a sea of debt. If you are having a hard time getting your debt under control and you can’t keep yourself on your debt repayments (after numerous tries), then you may want to check out a debt management plan as a possibility. While you may use a debt management [...]

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Rebuilding the Car Fund

April 23, 2012
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Now that we bought our family car, it’s time to decide the next step with the remaining cars. We love them both, but we can only keep one. Which one will we sell? How will we rebuild the car fund? Which Car Will We Sell? Since we bought our car through Craigslist, we didn’t trade in [...]

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Financial Literacy Pledge at Go Banking Rates

April 21, 2012
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I’ve joined with Go Banking Rates and other personal finance bloggers in promoting Financial Literacy this month and next. As you know, I’m a contributing blogger at Go Banking Rates. When one of the editors mentioned their campaign and asked if I was interested. Excited at an opportunity to work with others in promoting personal finance I [...]

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Paying Off Debt as a Couple

April 20, 2012
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I received an email this week from a new reader who had a question about how to best eliminate their combined debt. I gave my opinion, but since there are other couples trying to get through this same problem, I asked if I could his story. He kindly agreed (some details have been adjusted for [...]

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Buying a Car from a Private Seller in North Carolina

April 19, 2012
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We bought our family sedan, a Honda Accord, earlier this week (hence the guest post yesterday) and we’ve been getting everything done. I want to cover the process of buying a car from a private seller in North Carolina. Hopefully it’ll help those looking at finding a deal on a car on Craigslist. Finding Out [...]

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When To Call Your Partner Out On Over-Spending

April 18, 2012
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One of the toughest aspects of managing a relationship is organizing finances and getting on the same page as far as budgeting, saving, and spending. Rarely does a relationship work if both partners are not in agreement on what counts as a splurge and what doesn’t. The failure to have this conversation can lead to [...]

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