One of the reasons our credit card arbitrage is successful is the large credit limits that we have on some of our cards. While I was flattered that Steward thinks we are filthy rich to have such high limits, they are actually due to careful planning and some simple strategies.

Posted February 19, 2008 in Advanced, Credit cards | 6 Comments »

Just as I was finalizing our budget we got hit with some unexpected expenses. While the expenses themselves weren’t completely unexpected, the dollar amounts were. Adding in large ongoing expenses can completely throw off a sound financial plan if you aren’t careful.
Here’s the big three expenses that we just recently found out about:

Posted February 18, 2008 in Our budget | 13 Comments »

The Circus is in town this weekend! We’re going to do our best to take the kids to one of the shows. Apparently they can ride the elephants between acts… sounds like fun!
I’m giving the new lineup at My Dollar Plan a try today. Going forward you’ll see roundups on Friday as I work on balancing my [...]

Posted February 15, 2008 in Carnivals, Roundups | 4 Comments »

Assess the balance in your life by creating a pictorial representation of your life. Using a pie chart you can easily see if your priorities in life are being met. Hang it up somewhere that you can see it. How does it look? Does it look the way you want it to?
I completed this exercise three years [...]

Posted February 14, 2008 in Personal Development | 5 Comments »

In our million dollar credit limit article, readers asked how I keep organized with 89 credit cards. I introduced the series of my organizational system in my billpay and anti-filing system. As I shared, Microsoft Money is the center of my strategy. Here’s my tips, tricks and troubleshooting for using Microsoft Money Home and Business [...]

Posted February 13, 2008 in Organization | 1 Comment »