Minding My Own Business

I’d like to offer a warm welcome to readers joining us from the Carnival of Personal Finance #174 - The Columbus Day Edition, graciously hosted by Greener Pastures.  Here at Minding My Own Business we approach personal finance and money management from a leadership and business perspective.  Take some time to look around and check [...]

This is second of two posts covering my recent interview with nationally syndicated financial columnist and author Scott Burns Scott is the chief investment strategist for AssetBuilder where he advocates a low fee approach to investment management and has co-authored the new book “Spend Til the End” with economist Larry Kotlikoff.
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SquawkFox is hosting this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance.  SF has a fun approach to personal finance that I think you’ll find refreshing.  While you’re reviewing the carnival, be sure to spend some time in the sections that equate directly to minding your finances like a business.  The categories I enjoyed include:
Money Mangement - This [...]

A new job opportunity forces a new approach to becoming a real estate investor for this military officer.

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 [...]