Chase Cash Plus Rewards Card still around
A couple of months ago it appeared that Chase was ditching the Cash Plus Rewards card that so many people in the PF community loved. This card offered 5% back on grocery & gas purchases and 1% …
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My Credit Score
Well I went ahead and splurged and paid the $5.95 to get my credit score with my free credit reports and my score currently is an 861. I believe that’s pretty good, although its not as high as …
Read MoreFree Credit Report
Well it’s been a little over a year since we moved into our house and I figured it wouldn’t hurt to run a free credit report on myself with the three credit reporting agencies. For those …
Read MoreFrugal Tip - Don’t buy shaving cream
Well I recently had a coworker send me an article on the evils of shaving cream and after reading the article I quit using shaving cream cold-turkey and I couldn’t be happier. Not only can I …
Read MoreHiatus
Well in case you haven’t notice I’ve been AWOL for over the last month. Well not sure what happened but it got warm and I’ve just been spending time enjoying the 3 months of …
Read MoreJune 2006 - Retirement NestEgg Report (Late -10 points)
Sorry about missing this report. Well despite another month of subpar performance I actually made some forward progress solely in part to my Roth 401k contributions. My Roth IRA - $10,548.22 (-3.03%) …
Read MoreRetirement NestEgg Report - May 2006
Well this is the first months since I started tracking my retirement accounts that I actually had a net loss for the month. Overall my accounts decreased in value over $800 for over a 2% loss. It …
Read MoreFrugal Lawncare - Part I
Well after my go around with the chemlawn guy I think his salespitch actually started working, although not necessarily in his favor. Basically what he got me doing was thinking about my lawn and well …
Read MoreApril 2006 - Retirement Nestegg Report
This month wasn’t spectacular, but most of my accounts were on the positive side and my overall retirement nestegg grew by 1.6%, which if that happens every month going forward I will be a very …
Read MoreTop three gadgets that can actually save you money
Ran across this article today about gadgets that can actually save you money. I guess the topic of the article got me because lots of times items that are suppose to “save you money” …
Read MoreCarnival of Investing #18
This week I am participating in the Carnival of Investing #18 being hosted over at BluePrint for Financial Prosperity. I submitted my article on Realistic Rate of Return, which right now is a 3-part …
Read MoreWhy save when you can barter instead?
Check out this pretty interesting article on CNN about a guy who started out with a big red paper clip and plans on trading and bartering his way up to a house. He’s made some incredible …
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