Minding My Own Business

One of my goals for 2008 is to purchase my first investment property.  I view real estate investment (REI) as one way to help me break free from my traditional methods of saving (401K, IRA’s etc.) and establish a retirement worth having.  The more I dwell on my life’s purpose and what I want and [...]

What would happen to your family and your finances if you were to fall over dead right now?  No time for a phone call, no last minute instructions, you just died.
Do you think this couldn’t happen to you?  It almost happened to me several years ago.  I had an unexpected brush with death where I came [...]

On May 9th, 2008 my stimulus check arrived, right on time, just as forecast.  There was no fan fare, there was no congratulations.  Just the quiet whir of my computer’s fan.  There it was, staring at me in my money market account, $1800 that wasn’t there the morning before.  Should I tell the money spender?  [...]

For those of you who are terminally single or don’t involve your spouse in financial decision-making you can’t skip this post. This discussion will apply to you as well….you’ll just find yourself playing more than one position.
In my family our financial success is a full up team sport. My wife and I each have [...]