Archive for the 'Personal Finance' Category

An attorney who represents people in foreclosure says that 40% of the time you can halt a foreclosure at least temporarily or even get the case thrown out of court if you demand that the company claiming that you are behind on your mortgage simply produce the ORIGINAL NOTE in court. He says 40% of [...]

Yes, it’s time to think about your garden. Where I live people are tilling space for their gardens right now. I’m planning to go out and clean up my square foot gardening boxes with their “special mix” of ingredients. Where I live, it’s time to consider setting out onion sets right now… and thinking about [...]

Have you heard of “Do It Yourself Hot Water?” It’s a away that you can use solar energy to slash your hot water heating bill. Depending on your water usage, that could cut your electric bill by 33%. Since this current administration’s energy czar thinks electricity rates are TOO LOW and wants to raise them [...]

Now that people are wanting to save money, one way to do that which is becoming increasingly easy is to reduce your electric bill by producing some of your own energy. Is it that easy? I’ll let you decide. You can’t really produce enough energy to run air conditioning or heating or other heavy appliances, [...]

Since people are worried about stretching every dollar as far as it can go these days, I wanted to bring this coupon portal to your attention: Savings.com for free online coupons. What I find interesting about this site in particular is that people can “vote” for their favorite coupons. This way you’re more likely – [...]

Here’s a press release I received from Tjoos.com. Many work at home and stay at home moms swear by their coupons to save money and help them shop. If you’re looking for a better variety of coupons, perhaps this site is for you? As I read this, I like the fact that they attempt to [...]

Since both political parties believe they have the unrestricted right to tax you to death and every which way but loose and they merely differ over the exact amount of suffering they wish to inflict, what exactly might your taxes be under President McBama? Here’s an online tool to help you predict what those taxes [...]

I about screamed when I went to my grocery store the other night. I just ran in for a few quick things and the food bill was $50.90! I went through the automated check out line and the machine asked me for coupons. Boy I wish I’d had some coupons with me. They would have [...]

Michelle Dunn has some tips on collecting money in a down economy and shows some clever, if annoying stickers. When I was out in Montana, a small local cafe and wi fi hotspot listed the names of people who had to “pay their tab” before they could do more business there. When I was doing [...]

If you’re worried about Identity Theft, you may want to know about this site, SSNBreach.org. According to the “About page” This website is a free national registry of personalized data breach reports. Though it only covers a small percentage of the total number of reported breaches (roughly .2%), your Personalized Identity Exposure Report measures severity [...]