Personal Finance Advice

“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.” – Socrates

After some long conversations with Nate, we have set a goal of earning $5,000 a month from the site network by the beginning of 2007. This is pretty ambitious considering where we are right now, but we came to the conclusion that we really needed another full year of working our tails off on the [...]

What’s your dream job? If you know what it is but haven’t been able to get the motivation together to try to begin pursuing it. Kiplinger’s is giving you an opportunity to try. The deadline to enter is January 6, 2006 for a chance to create the dream job or dream business that you’ve always [...]

I finally finished the latest of the sat sites: Hybrid Car Tax Deduction. This is another one of those that is a big question mark on how it’s going to perform. I’m hoping that it gets a lot of traffic from January through April with people needed information in regard to the tax season that [...]

“That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.” – Abraham Lincoln

My latest sat site is driving me absolutely nuts! I should know better. I should stick with domain names that fit with material that I already know well and have written about. It is much easier for me to expand content than for me to research and create new content which has happened with this [...]

According to an article over at usatoday, today is Hacker Tuesday. It seems that cyberthieves like today to try and scam because it’s the last day customers can order gifts online and have them delivered on time without having to pay extra charges for express shipping. This means heavy last minute sales volume online. Why [...]

Would you spend a day going through garbage for a couple of free round trip airline tickets? A lot of people apparently are (along with some making a lot of extra cash) with the Wendy’s free airline miles promotion with discount airline AirTran according to a usatoday.com story: Under the promotion, Wendy’s and discount airline [...]

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft may begin to pay people to use it’s search engine Speaking to Microsoft partners in India, Mr. Gates said the Redmond, Wash., company may woo individuals to its search site with cash or free content or software. “We’ll actually go to users and say instead [...]

I was talking with a friend this weekend about the sites and what I’m doing. He began talking about how he and his family wanted to save more money, but they just couldn’t figure it out. He then asked me if I would take a look at their spending habit and finances and make some [...]

I’m not sure how many of you are familiar with del.icio.us, but they are a online bookmark site that was recently acquired by Yahoo. For anyone who uses more than one computer, it’s a convenient service since it allows you can access all your bookmarks in one place – even if you happen to be [...]

“The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.” – Edith Wharton

The people who came up with the names “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” have done an excellent job of marketing, but the truth is that both are myths according to this piece over at CardWeb. The truth? “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday’ are figments of the media’s imagination. Truth is: last Thursday (December 1) was [...]

This post is not personal financial related except adding another site to our growing list, but for those of you who enjoy computer programming and such, it should be of double interest. While discussing with Nate about what new names we wanted for future sat sites, we began talking about getting him something to write [...]

It’s time to do some financial juggling this month. With the first 1/3 of the month over, income is well below last month. I know that a part of the reason is that I have been spending time on building satellite sites which has taken away time from me promoting the sites and participating in [...]

I was just reading that some budget hotels in New York are charging over $300 a night (we’re talking Super 8 here folks) which leads to one of the best money saving travel tips that you can arrange – stay with friends! I don’t understand why more people don’t do this. Here are some of [...]

If you have been waiting for a good reason to open up an Emigrant Direct online account (4.0% interest, $1 minimum, no fees, no hidden charges), now you have one – especially if you have extra ING invites that you don’t think you will use. For those who sign up for a new Emigrant account [...]

“It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of Stock Exchanges.” – John Maynard Keynes

I always enjoy the oddball investment articles I think mainly because I have taken that route. While I have some investments in index stock funds, the vast majority of my investments are in antique collectibles. While I’m in a unique position living in Japan, I also didn’t know a thing about them 3 years ago. [...]

Came across this study on giving money to children that was done in England, but I’d assume that the numbers are probably similar in the US: A study by the Building Societies Association (BSA) showed that 40 per cent of adults had considered giving a child money instead of or as well as a gift. [...]