Revisiting the NC State Employees Credit Union Bridge Account
Some may recall my initial excitement about learning about and opening my bridge account at the NC State Employees Credit Union back in April 2008 (If you need a refresher on the basics, check back at that post). I checked back in during June of that year, and it just wasn’t going my way. In fact, the S&P 500 finished down for the first 4 quarters I was in the account so I moved most of my money out and largely forgot about it. However, today a friend who read my story actually went to a NC State Employees Credit Union and opened a bridge account. This along with how far money market interest rates have declined piqued my interest about the viablility of the account again. Read more
Yet Another Mortgage Scam – FAIL
It seems like I get these letters everyday offering me unbelievably low re-finance rates or some other too good to be true offer involving my mortgage. I can’t imagine how much life they’ve stolen from my shredder at this point.
These letters look so legitimate and expiration dates give people a sense of urgency to act. I can understand why people are taken in. Here’s the latest one I received from some group called the Community Programs Division of ACT with my personal information redacted: Read more
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