Carnival of Personal Finance #102

June 1, 2007

The 102nd edition of Carnival of Personal Finance was hosted this week by Money Smart Life. We’re happy to report that The Dough Roller’s article Inflation’s Bleak Prospects. . .in 1978 was an Editor’s Pick. Thanks, Money Smart Life! Here are the other Editor’s Picks:

The Dirty Secret of Closet Index [...]

Motivation and Money Tip # 2: Remember the Future

June 1, 2007

Photo Credit: Shayan (USA)
Why are we moving toward Financial Independence? It may be because we want to work less. It may be that we have a dream retirement home we want to build. For some of us it may be a desire to have more financial security. In the article [...]

The Daily Dough (1 June 2007)

June 1, 2007

The Daily Dough for 1 June 2007:

Home prices are UP!?? Well, that’s what the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) says in a report released yesterday. According to the report, prices are UP 0.5% in the first quarter of 2007 as compared to the first quarter of 2006. The report is [...]

Motivation and Money Tip # 1: Remember the Past

May 31, 2007

Photo Credit: Mike9Alive
Sometimes motivation to live below our means, pay down debt and invest comes from experiencing some sort of financial crisis. Perhaps we’ve maxed out our credit cards, or lost a home, or filed for bankruptcy. Or maybe we’re just tired of running out of money before we get to the end [...]

Five Million Easy Steps to Financial Independence

May 30, 2007

This is one of those good news–bad news situations. Which do you want to hear first? Before we get to that, I was in the bookstore yesterday and noticed that there are a lot of “X steps to Financial Freedom” type books. Here are a few that I saw:

9 [...]

The Morning Dough (May 29, 2007)

May 29, 2007

Here’s your morning Dough:

Saving too much for retirement: Apparently, some are saving too much money for retirement, which Walter Updegrave discusses in this article. Is it really possible to save too much for retirement? Wouldn’t too much money simply enable you to retire sooner?
Big drop in home prices predicted: [...]

1,000 Ideas for Remodeling Your Kitchen

May 29, 2007

We are in the early stages of a major remodeling of our kitchen. As much as I enjoy our home and improving it, the project has been very stressful and time-consuming, and we haven’t even started construction! I’ll be writing about the process and the cost as we move forward, but today wanted [...]

Three Important Ways to Calculate Net Worth

May 28, 2007

Recently there have been a number of posts in various finance Blogs discussing some important questions about what should and should not be included in calculating net worth. Do you include in the calculation absolutely everything you own down to the last piece of flatware? Do you include your house, and if so, [...]

The 1% Solution to Real Estate Investing

May 28, 2007

When I first began looking into real estate investing, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what criteria I would use in selecting which property to buy. I have built many Excel spreadsheets with mind-numbing calculations and data, all geared to finding that perfect investment property. Having now purchased four [...]

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