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So Brett Favre is a Jet

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

As it has been said before, I am a huge sports fan. I soak it up. I love sports but this whole Brett Favre saga got a little ridiculous.
He is officially a Jet and I am looking forward to see what he can do with his new team but do you realize what […]

Put it on Autopilot - Followup

Monday, August 4th, 2008

I have received some really good feedback on the automatic savings post from last week. It was great hearing some stories of people that this is really really working for. A buddy of mine, Brady, sent me a message that I thought was a noteworthy nugget that I wanted to share that I […]

Is Renting that Bad?

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

I am getting married in two weeks and we made a conscious decision to rent rather than buy for our first place of living. I do not want people renting their whole lives but I do think both have usefulness.
Is it better to rent or to buy?
This is sort of an age old debate, whether […]

Roth IRA or Traditional IRA???

Monday, June 16th, 2008

I have been getting quite a few questions on retirement recently and a lot of it is geared around Roth IRA’s vs Traditional IRA’sThe Difference:
Traditional IRA

Tax deductible contributions (invest before taxes taken out of paycheck).
Taxes are paid on earnings (capital gains) when withdrawn.
Available to everyone with no-income restrictions.
Able to withdraw at 59 1/2. […]

No More Car Payments

Monday, April 7th, 2008

As a philosophy of mine I try to avoid anything that requires a recurring monthly payment. I understand some things are inevitable but I want to stress that a car payment is not one of them.From talking to financial counselors many times when people are struggling and broken in their financial life, it is often because […]