Liz Pulliam Weston (seems like I’m posting a lot about her articles!) talks about 5 lessons the rich can teach you. The five bullet points, PowerPoint-style: They give away more. As in 50% to 200% more than $25,000-and-under households and the average American household, respectively. They are much more likely to own businesses. But because … Read more
Jim at Bargaineering made a post about this really cool and addicting Flash game called Mansion: Impossible. The object is to buy the £10 million mansion as quickly as possible. You start with £100,000. Houses pop on to the market — literally, as in whack-a-mole style — and you proceed to “flip” your way to … Read more
iz Pulliam Weston posts an article on 50 Ways to Trim your Budget. The points in this series of posts will be taken from her list in this article. This installment will address opportunities to save on travel expenses. I hope you enjoy this series! Part I is here and Part II is here. 16) … Read more
An MBH.com reader sent an interesting message that may affect you if you buy things online. Apparently, the reader reserved, and purchased, a hotel room stay online for an event, and later had to cancel. During the original payment process there was apparently a pop-up window that informed the purchaser that there were no refunds. … Read more
iz Pulliam Weston posts an article on 50 Ways to Trim your Budget. The points in this series of posts will be taken from her list in this article. This installment will round out the “utilities” section in the article. I hope you enjoy this series! Part I is here. 9) Investigate whether bundled service … Read more
iz Pulliam Weston posts an article on 50 Ways to Trim your Budget. The points in this series of posts will be taken from her list in this article. I’ll offer my two cents on each item. Some of the comments will be “Yes, and …” Others will be “Yes, but …” A few will … Read more
Chances are good that you’ve heard of the “Snowball Method” of debt reduction. It works like this. Say you have several debts to pay off. You add up the minimum payments on those cards, add in an extra “acceleration” amount to one or more of the cards, and pay down the debts. When one card … Read more
I do. I keep an eye out for it. I might start posting a running total of what I find. Now, if I see the money being dropped, I tell the person. If it’s a substantial amount of money ($1.00 or more) I look around or leave my name, address, and phone number with lost … Read more