Archive for June, 2008


Create CD Ladders for Short Term Money Needs

Posted by Madison on June 30th, 2008

I just moved some of our portfolio to cash. There’s a chance that we may need to access it during the upcoming year and I wanted a way to maximize the return, but avoid any risk so I have the appropriate amount of money all year. I asked on Twitter if anyone had done something [...]

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PopTop Ranks Replaces Personal Finance Site Rankings

Posted by Madison on June 27th, 2008

What Happened to the Rankings? Each month I’ve been ranking personal finance sites by subscribers. It provided a great measurement tool, but it was a very manual process. I asked my husband to create a process that would update the rankings automatically. Not only did he do that, but he created a whole new site [...]

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The Perfect Ten Year Mortgage

Posted by Madison on June 26th, 2008

It’s not exactly perfect, but I found something pretty close. We just refinanced with a 5/5 Adjustable Rate Mortgage. The terms actually equate to very inexpensive 10 year mortgage if you choose to use it that way. Adjustable Rate Mortgages We previously had a 5/1 adjustable rate mortgage. I discussed our original reason for having [...]

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Selling Your Life, Careers, Housing, and More

Posted by Madison on June 25th, 2008

I’m horrible at organization! I get motivated all the time and clean up all my to-do lists, email boxes and papers… then I fall back into the old trap. Marc came to my rescue with How To Get Things Done in 1 Minute. I’m going to try to completely empty my inbox every day… we’ll [...]

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Help a Reader Payoff Debt

Posted by Madison on June 24th, 2008

Last night I got a call from a friend looking for some financial help. He has $14,300 in debt and has a goal to be debt free by November. Before I put together a plan for him, I’d like to hear what you have to say about it! Debt Details Here are the details of [...]

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