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AAA Basic Only Tows 5 Miles?

It seems that my car troubles aren't over yet. So the only financial thing I learned today was that AAA Basic only pays for the first 5 miles of towing. After that, it's $6 a mile. What's up with that? I won't complain though, as a family member … [Read the rest]

Earn Rewards For Paying Your Taxes And More

For a while, the site OfficialPayments.com has been offering people a way to pay a variety of federal, state, and local taxes with their credit card. While you can earn rewards for doing so, the 2.49% processing fee usually canceled everything out. … [Read the rest]

Free Credit Score Monitoring With CreditKarma

Last week, I pointed out how to get a free Experian credit score via Prosper. You can already get free credit reports from AnnualCreditReport.com as well as in other special situations. But what about services like daily credit score … [Read the rest]

Reasons For Having Only One Spouse Apply For A Mortgage Loan

I mentioned before that we plan to have just my wife apply for our new home mortgage loan, and not have my name on the mortgage at all. I had been playing around with this idea for months, but it looks like we will be going through with it. Here … [Read the rest]

Stimulus Package – What Does It Mean For You?

Confused about the stimulus package? Here's a quick summary from Bloomberg: Bush and House lawmakers yesterday agreed on a $150 billion economic stimulus package aimed at avoiding an election-year recession. About $100 billion would pay for tax … [Read the rest]

Finding A Buyer’s Agent, Part 2: Screening, Trial and Error, Signing a Contract, Offer Acceptance

This my second post on our experience in Finding A Buyer's Agent. In Part 1, we tried our best to figure out what we wanted from an agent. Again, we are first-timers and are not real estate gurus. This is a long post, but it definitely shows a real … [Read the rest]

Free Experian Credit Score via Prosper Lending

Prosper person-to-person lending offers up another perk - a free credit score for prospective borrowers. If you're a lender already, it's not too difficult to become a borrower. I just had to verify my address and phone numbers, and they offered up … [Read the rest]

In Escrow: Offer Accepted On House!

It's official! We have an signed offer contract on a house, our earnest check is sent, and we are in escrow. Apparently our timing couldn't be worse as the world is apparently about to implode, but ah well. Here are some quick bits of … [Read the rest]

Ask The Readers: What’s Going On With The Stock Market and the Economy?

I'm not very good at keeping up with market fluctuations in general, but Bernanke cutting the Fed Funds Rate by 0.75% got my attention. I'll be honest - I was totally distracted this weekend by other things, and I barely noticed the drop in stock … [Read the rest]

Discussing Home Buyer’s Agent Commission Rebates

Up until a few years ago, the status quo was that the real estate agent who helps you buy your home get half of the 6% commission, so 3% of the sale price of your home. On an average (again, around here) $600,000 home, that's $18,000. That may be … [Read the rest]

Bought a Diamond Since 1994? Diamond Class Action Lawsuit

First. it was credit cards and their foreign transaction fee settlement. This time, it's the De Beers diamond company accused of being a naughty monopoly and artificially raising diamond prices. They have reached a tentative settlement which you … [Read the rest]

Long Weekend Links: Volatile, Intimate, Simple, and Loved!

Am I describing myself? Nah, just my selection of reading over this weekend: Jeremy of GenXFinance offers a glimpse at his personal experiences while encouraging us not to make bad decisions during this volatile stock market. My job has good … [Read the rest]