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$7,500 1st Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

I got an e-mail about this and wanted to share some thoughts.
This is very topical considering yesterday afternoon I just signed the papers to put a contract on my first house. The Kakaras family is very excited but I still have much work to do shopping around and locking in my mortgage.
Anyway, basically if you […]

According to Scripture: Is Debt an Option?

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Ephesians 5:15 says “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise”I honestly think scripture has some of the smartest, most practical advice you can get. It does not matter if you are a Christ Follower or not, we all want to live and make decisions wisely.
I never understood how debt was […]

Are Reward Cards Worth It?

Monday, November 24th, 2008

I am going to leave the answer open ended but I will say my thoughts and show my work behind it.
When it comes to credit card companies I have heard a saying that connects. “If you mess with snakes long enough, you are going to get bit.”
Credit card companies have one motive. Can anyone guess […]

Baby Steps to Freedom

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

I am constantly learning how to package things so that they are easy to understand. This is incredibly important because you can have the best, most powerful, life changing thoughts but if people can’t hear them or understand them they do no good.
Dave Ramsey has a few baby steps that I wanted to talk about. […]

Lessons from Hockey

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Last week I had yet again another hockey game. I love getting to spend 1 hour every week doing this. Do you remember this quote from The Office when the office workers played the warehouse guys in basketball. Well, despite the fact that he has NEVER talked about basketball before he now […]