Your rent is due in a week, and you don’t want to miss the deadline. You want to send the payment now, while it’s still fresh in your mind. But you won’t have the money to cover the payment until closer to the due date. So you put a check in the mail today, but … Read more
Good morning! Here’s an outline of tips and tricks I do to help me live my Best Life 🙂 I started putting it together for a possible book or PDF or something?, but I also just wanted a place that captures it all for easy reference later… If you like it, I’ll do an update … Read more
A great reminder today from Mr. Aesop 🙂 Patty the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in a pail on her head. As she went along, she began calculating what she would do with the money she would get for the milk. “I’ll buy some fowls from Farmer Brown,” said she, “and they … Read more
A stop payment order is a request to cancel a check so it can’t be cashed. You might need to stop payment on a check because: You lose a check or your checkbook You suspect a check was stolen You mailed a check to the wrong address You made an error on the check (e.g., … Read more
Americans’ collective credit card debt balance hit $930 billion in Q3 2022. That’s a $43 billion jump from the previous quarter. The average cardholder now has more than $6,000 in credit card debt, closing in on 2019’s all-time high. But our debt burden isn’t equally shared. Most Americans have no credit card debt at all. … Read more
Good morning! Here’s an outline of tips and tricks I do to help me live my Best Life 🙂 I started putting it together for a possible book or PDF or something?, but I also just wanted a place that captures it all for easy reference later… If you like it, I’ll do an update … Read more
Good morning! A bunch of new money books have come out in our community recently, and I wanted to pass them along in case you find yourself in any of these particular situations… And they all are indeed pretty particular! Which is great – you need to dig in deep sometimes and focus instead of … Read more
Good morning! So here’s something interesting – I haven’t made any real money for the past 6 months! And even wilder – I haven’t even noticed it much lately??! It’s the first time since I started working that I don’t have a “salary”, thereby officially entering me into the status of WifeFI: “Financially Independent, enabled … Read more
Quick Look Some loans charge you a penalty to pay off a loan early. Prepayment penalties are only legal on certain types of loans. It’s possible to avoid prepayment penalties. George’s beloved Aunt Azalea just died, leaving him a cash windfall large enough to pay off his house. But his wise friend William warns George … Read more
[Good morning!! And welcome to another installment of our Side Hustle Series! Where our guest, Jim, over at Investment Soup digs in and shares a passion gig of his… Perfect for all those who love nature and gardening! I guess money really *can* grow on trees – heyo!) ****** The biggest challenge with starting a … Read more