Archive for March, 2008

Some people views anything related to alternative income streams (aka, making money) as scammy, a waste of time, or taking too much effort. Some give alternative income building a try and give up shortly after, because it takes too much time and effort for the minuscule initial results. Why should you bother working on something [...]

On my way to work this morning, the news was talking about the economic stimulus tax rebate check. In short, the Treasury will begin sending economic stimulus payments to more than 130 million households starting in May.

Adopted from Economic Stimulus Payment: Marketing Products for Partners
To receive this tax rebate, there are three key requirements:

You must [...]

Yesterday, I announced that I was giving away TaxCut Online Premium Software + E-file by randomly picking 2 winners from email submissions (see the announcement). First, I’d like to say thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway. As promised, the winners were selected this afternoon. Your TaxCut key code should [...]

About the Author: This is a guest post by Kent E. Irwin. He is founder of eFinplan.com, online comprehensive financial planning software for consumers. He is also a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP) and a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU). He can be reached at kirwin [at] efinplan [dot] com.
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TaxCut Giveaway
On February 24th, I announced that I was giving away TaxCut Online Premium Software + E-file by randomly picking two winners from people who left comments and trackbacks between February 24th and March 7th. As it turned out, the winners I selected already did their taxes — good for them! So, I [...]

This is the 4th issue of the Ask The Expert column by Larry Swedroe. You can see Larry’s full biography and important disclaimer below. If you are interested in having your question answered by Larry, please send me an email via the contact page.
Now, let’s get to the questions and answers (please note that the [...]

Last week DebtKid, shared his dumbest purchase and offered his Nintendo DS Lite as a contest prize to one lucky winner. Everyone who shares their story has a chance to win the Nintendo DS Lite. Well, I am going to join in for the opportunity to win this little gadget. But more importantly, it’s a [...]

Last week, my friend Gibble sparked a little controversy with his post “Why I think P2P lending is a bad idea.” He believes peer-to-peer lending as bad because it propagates myriad problems caused by credit and debt. In his words:
“I’m not a fan of borrowing money and couldn’t in good conscience recommend these [...]

Instead of writing about a personal finance topic today, I am going to walk you through the personal finance blogosphere to show you some recent events and a few other things…
Current Events

M-Network adds a new member – This week the M-Network invited Mrs. Micah to join our rank. We have been working with Mrs. Micah [...]

In “Determine Your Retirement Needs In 3 Easy Steps,” I demonstrated a way to estimate retirement savings need. When I discussed this with my wife, she asked, “what if we don’t save enough?” After giving it some thought, here are some ideas on how to retire with less money.

Adjust your lifestyle now — If you [...]