Tag Archive | "Finances"

Save Some Bucks With a Refinanced Mortgage

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

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When I was a kid, I remember seeing TV show episodes in which the characters would burn their paid-off mortgage papers in a “mortgage party.” I remember thinking “Wow, this must be something very significant!” and then also thinking, “What the heck is a mortgage?” Hoh boy, do I know what a mortgage is, now. [...]

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Great News and My Stash of New Stuff

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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I want to publicly thank the Lord Jesus and all of you dear readers out there– I AM SO STOKED!!! God is providing everything for this kitchen, I tell ya. This morning, within a 4 hour span, I earned all my drywall. That’s $500!!!! That came from some terrific ventures in paid blogging!! I cannot [...]

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The Changing Times

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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I was on the phone with a friend yesterday, a woman old enough to be my mom (she’s a Baby Boomer and has recently retired with her husband). They had very good, high-paying jobs and a great pension and retirement investment plan 15 years ago. But with all the recent financial market crises and increasing [...]

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Evoking Bells and Whistles

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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Interesting news from Bloomberg this morning: the second-largest U.S. securities firm is tightening the home-equity belt. Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest U.S. securities firm, told thousands of clients this week that they won’t be allowed to withdraw money on their home-equity credit lines, said a person familiar with the situation. Most of the clients had properties [...]

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