June 2008

Progress Towards Our Goals

June 30, 2008

To follow up on James’ post about paying off our second mortgage, I wanted to share my thoughts on what we’ve been doing that works. Since this has been a seven month goal, here are a few links to track our progress if you are interested. These posts include: getting annoyed with WaMu, setting our [...]

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Saving Big On Food

June 30, 2008

Hi All, Since the cost of groceries seems to keep going up, this video on saving money at the supermarket might be of interest. Its got a few good ideas on how to pinch your pennies. Some of these ideas include: 1) Make one trip 2) Use a shopping list 3) Buy generic 4) Use [...]

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Finally Paid Off the Second Mortgage!

June 30, 2008

Hi All, If you’ve been following our blog for the past few months, you’ll know that we have been aggressively paying off our second mortgage. Well the good news is that we were finally able to make the final payment this afternoon! We have managed to dump over $21,000 worth of expensive mortgage debt in [...]

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Budgeting for a New Place

June 29, 2008

Today’s post is dedicated to a few tips that should go into the process of making sure that an upgrade in housing is still within your budget. We all know that it feels good to think about getting a bigger and better place, but the more important question, is can you really afford it? If [...]

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Three Things to Avoid

June 28, 2008

I got a funny email from Nigeria in my email this morning. The “widow” of the former dictator, Sani Abacha was offering to share $20,000,000 in a confidential transaction with DINKS finance. We got a good laugh from it, but then we thought we’d blog about some top money moves people should AVOID making! 1) [...]

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Real Estate Success Story

June 27, 2008

We know that these days there is nothing but gloom and doom in the financial news. I thought we’d share with you a success story from our recently featured DINKs appropriate real estate.Back in May we featured my twin sister’s place in Portland, Oregon. They put their place up on the market on Memorial Day [...]

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Guns Are Not Good Investments

June 26, 2008

Hello All, In light of the recent supreme court’s decision in Heller v. District of Colombia, we wanted to repost this piece we did last year on why guns are not investments. As probably know, Americans love guns. Since the dawn of our country firearms have played prominent roles in politics and society. Currently half [...]

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Creative Capitalism

June 26, 2008

If you haven’t heard the new buzz term of “creative capitalism”, now is the time to take note of this revolutionary concept. Creative capitalism is basically using a business model to fund social causes. By using profit making ventures, socially progressive programs can be implemented in a sustainable way. For example BRAC, the largest non-profit [...]

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Should Prosper Be Learning Internationally?

June 25, 2008

I am now in Bangladesh for a month, leading another group of Afghan faculty members on a leadership study tour. One great thing about international travel is that it opens your eyes to business can and should be run. So, I’d like to share a bit about my thoughts on how Prosper.com might be able [...]

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Foreign Currency Money Tips

June 24, 2008

Whether you travel a lot or a little overseas, managing foreign currency and money on the road remains an issue. I figured with all of my experience in this area that I’d share my tips on how I manage money on the road. Round Down. This is key. If the exchange rate is 68, the [...]

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