I love replying to each and every one of you. Although, as some of you noticed, and I admitted recently on twitter, I really suck at email! I’m not sure why, but I often like to think about a topic for awhile before I respond.
And then I find that after I finally reply with [...]

Posted August 21, 2008 in Reader Mail | 4 Comments »

I love watching the Olympics, especially seeing Michael Phelps get his 8th gold medal. Find out how much he can expect to earn from all the gold medals. Not only is he a superstar swimmer, but his swimming is inspiring others to get out of debt.
Housing
Forclosure Hell: Houses Selling For $1.
In addition to selling [...]

Posted August 20, 2008 in Roundups | 5 Comments »

I focused on early retirement my whole adult life. Whether it was hanging out at the Early Retirement Forums the Retire Early Home Page, the old Motley Fool Retire Early forum or the Vanguard Diehards Forum, contributing crazy amounts to our retirement plan, managing our asset allocation, or creating retirement checklists, I always had one [...]

Posted August 19, 2008 in Retirement | 19 Comments »

When was the last time that you read your health insurance policy, and I mean, really sat down and read it cover to cover? I happened to read the changes section to our policy and found they had added some new benefits this year.
I found that our insurance company will reimburse us for many [...]

Posted August 18, 2008 in Savings | 5 Comments »

Well not exactly, but it’s pretty close! It does require a little bit of work though! (And the free money is actually from your credit card… but the U.S. Mint makes it possible!)
Earn Credit Card Rewards by Buying Cash
I’m guessing that most of you by now have a cash rewards credit card.
If only [...]

Posted August 15, 2008 in Quick Money | 10 Comments »