It’s Almost Halloween — Avoid Financial Horrors!

It’s Almost Halloween!
Something that can be as scary as Halloween’s ghosts and goblins is the
thought of recovering from a disaster for which you were unprepared. If
you have not already, now is the time to learn what steps you can take
to prepare yourself. Financial Planning – A Guide to Disaster
Preparedness .
If you are recovering from an [...]

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Palm Centro – Sprint’s newest competitor to the Blackberry

I have been a Blackberry user for the last 2 years and for the most part have nothing but good things to say about it. The only downside to the service is the huge extra monthly fee to use the Blackberry service. With my cell phone provider it cost me $40 extra per [...]

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Online savings accounts are a perfect place for your Emergency Fund

First off, do you have any kind of emergency fund that you are contributing to in case something happens and you need some cash fast? If not, I hope that you pay special attention to this post and open up an savings account. DO NOT open up a savings account at a normal [...]

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Paying off your mortgage in 7-10 years — too good to be true?

For fun, I recently went to a “seminar” for a company which advertised that they will help you pay off your mortgage in a significantly reduced amount of time. There are several companies which are touting this “revolutionary” idea. The general gist of this product is that you open up a Home Equity [...]

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Use Rewards cards to earn extra Cash

I am not sure if you are like me, but I am tired of the large credit card companies making millions and millions of dollars of interest off of their customers. So, I decided I would only use credit cards for what I could afford and I would pay them off every month. If you [...]

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Cheap VOIP Options

Over the past few months I have been keeping my eyes out for cheap alternatives to a land line at home. I currently just have a cell phone, but wanted something to use in the early evenings to minimize my cell phone bills. I have been looking at two different VOIP options that are a [...]

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Geek Info

Hello, everyone! My name is Blair and this is my first attempt at any sort of blog. I am a 26 year old geek who is fascinated with all sorts of investing, computing and saving money. I hope that I can share a few tips that I have picked up and that others can share [...]

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