On February 9, Lowes announced a tax refund offer associated with their regular gift card program: “Customers who purchase the Tax Refund card in Lowe’s stores or on Lowes.com between Feb. 8 and March 14 will receive 10 percent of the original card purchase amount added back to their card on March 18, 2011.” This …
photo © 2006 urban_data | more info (via: Wylio)Did you know that every year your company’s 401k takes a test? Actually it’s 2 tests that I’ll be discussing and there are actually even more. And, if it fails to comply with IRS guidelines certain employees have money removed from their retirement savings, taxed, and returned …
Well, my net worth is going in the wrong direction, largely due to the deteriorating value of the homes in my area as you can see by the graph on the right. The good news is that I re-financed last year when rates were good and my home valuation was high enough to show 20% …
photo © 2009 Lars Christopher Nøttaasen | more info (via: Wylio)A couple of days ago I was reading an article by Matt Krantz over at USA Today entitled, “When will Apple’s stock split again?” In it he correctly notes that: “there’s no real economic gain to a split. Along with the additional shares investors receive …
Well, I finished my taxes this past weekend. I still can’t seem to get my withholding right to keep me from getting a large refund. I’ve used the calculator at the IRS, but like most things IRS-related, it’s not exactly intuitive. I know there’s worse things in the world, but I hate, hate, hate giving …
Month 3 of posting my net worth. I’m not sure anyone’s getting anything out of these except maybe some voyeuristic pleasure, but that’s OK because it’s actually really helpful to me to take a look at these numbers monthly. So let’s take a look. There’s not much meaningful change among the assets. My home value …
photo © 2005 Kelly | more info (via: Wylio) Dear Readers, As you all know I'm a credit card deadbeat (i.e. I never carry a balance). I have another admission. I'm also a whore. Not the stick it anything that moves kind of whore mind you. I'm a high class whore. It costs a lot …
photo © 2009 Jeff | more info (via: Wylio)This post may hit on a more philosophical note than usual, but it is a reality that no matter where you go or what you do with yourself or your money there is some kind inherent risk. What’s a guy or gal to do about risk? I …
It's been several years since I first reviewed Yodlee, Mint, and the other personal finance aggregator sites. Since that time much has changed. Two big events: Wesabe was shut down and Mint was bought by Intuit. I know Geezeo and Mvelopes are still out there, but in my eyes there are only 2 real players, …
photo © 2007 Scott Maxwell | more info (via: Wylio)One of the options you have as a property investor is to buy the property by yourself and take all the risk and reward or partner with one or more individuals. Now that I’ve decided I want to focus on ROI with a cashflow neutral approach, …
