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My Networth: April Edition (+56.07%)

Here’s my networth update as of May 1st with some notes.
 

I’ve separated my emergency fund from the checking account to get a more detailed picture.
Rummaging through my documents I was able to find the original listing for my house, it was listed for $192,108.  $2,108 more than my estimates from last month, so I’m treating […]

Stop Making Other People’s Mortgage Payments.

The following is a reprint of a post that I made from my old blog Getting Out Of The Poorhouse:  To find out why, see here.
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I’ve recently had the chance to watch the documentary Maxed Out, about the credit card and lending industry in America.  Some interesting tidbits gleaned from the movie:
- Dave Ramsey is […]

Tax Time - Out of Sight, Out of Mind.

Before I turned over a new leaf I used to put off filing my taxes for as long as possible.  Then making a mad dash on April 15 or whenever the deadline happens to fall on that year.  After a frenzied day of getting everything organized, itemized and printesized (not a real word but it […]

How Long Does It Take To Unlearn Bad Financial Habits?

How Long Does It Take To Unlearn Bad Financial Habits?  I guess I should have named the site UnlearnBadFinanancialHabits.com but that would just be too long.  But anyway I digress.  Just type in the the above post title in Google and it will show a ton of pages telling you exactly how to do so.  […]