Archive for January, 2009


Time to Refinance?

Posted by Madison

It’s a good thing I don’t have a job! Or else I’d be refinancing again… I think in the past 7 years, we’ve had 3 houses, and at least 8 mortgages! It seems like every time I turn around there is a lower rate, or a better loan. I turned into a refinance junkie. I [...]

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I’m always looking at monthly services that we have and finding ways to pay a little less. My favorite article this week is how to Save Money on Your Landline Phone. Lazy compares various phone options including Vonage (what we use), Skype, and MagicJack. It’s nice to pay less than $20 per month for something [...]

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After running our projections for the 2008 tax year, I found we were slightly short of the minimum withholding for our state taxes. Luckily, there’s an easy way to avoid a penalty for our state, you just send in an estimated tax payment, due on January 15. In addition, because I quit my job last [...]

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16 Ways to Do It Yourself

Posted by Madison

Do you do it yourself…. or do you pay someone to do it for you? Sometimes we’ve been paying someone to do something for us for so long, it would never occur to us that we could do it on our own to save some money. And sometimes we just think we don’t have enough [...]

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Lending Club Sign Up Bonus

Posted by Madison

Good news! For those of you that were interested in the Lending Club Review yesterday… now there is Free Money to go along with it. Lending Club is offering a $25 $50+ sign up bonus for new lenders! It’s a great way to try it out without any risk. How to Get Your Sign up [...]

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