Minding My Own Business

[This is a post I wrote as part of Adrian Cartwood's Seven Millionaires in Training experiment...I hope you enjoy it...Jeff].
Making Money 201 is all about focusing efforts on increasing your income so that you can build wealth and make some headway on achieving your Number.
Being in the military affords me a nice and steady income [...]

December was a hectic month for me and I have pretty much neglected discussing money management and personal finance in lieu of other activities.  I’m sure most of you probably think I’m referring to the normal holiday craziness that comes between Thanksgiving and New Years.  While that certainly added to my busy-ness this month, I [...]

Just a quick post today linking back to this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance.  Edition #182 is being hosted by Free From Broke and features several articles from around the Personal Finance and Money Management blogging community.
My article on selecting a credit card for your Money Handler is featured as well.
Normally I go through the [...]

[Note: The role of the Money Handler as well as those of the Money Manager and Money Leader are defined in my post on financial roles and responsibilities.  In short the Money Handler does the necessary daily grunt work to keep your personal finance business running.]
The Money Handler is a key ingredient to making your personal finance [...]

According to an old saying, the only three things that matter in real estate are “location, location and location.” It is clear that a ten bedroom, eight bath home with cathedral ceilings and a swimming pool that is located next to a garbage dump is not desirable to many people.
On the other hand a little [...]