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Investment Seminars, Education and Conferences

3. June 2008

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Depending on which broker you guys use one of the benefits that the broker may provide is some educational tools that can help you learn how to invest. I have recently found some that e*trade offers to its clients and more importantly they are all free. Most of these are online although some of these [...]

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REIT Funds Are the Hot Properties Now

16. May 2008

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If you don’t know what an REIT is check out my earlier post on REIT‘s. A good article on REIT performance in the last year in WSJ REITs REITs took a beating last year primarily due to the under performance during the credit crunch, but they are making their way back now. “The average real-estate [...]

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Who is your broker?

14. May 2008

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I recently signed up for a Brokerage account. I went with Charles Schwab because the brokerage account came free with the Interest Checking account. The good thing about signing up for both together, they wive the minimum balance of $1000 and/or the $100 monthly direct deposit to the brokerage account. So far I have been [...]

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What is the best use of your IRS Rebate Check?

28. April 2008

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Yes, Congress and the President want you to spend the money within hours of receiving the check in order to boost the economy. Which might help in the short term but it is not the best use of this money. So what is the best use of this money?

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April 15th is closing in! Are you ready?

9. April 2008

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The tax deadline is closing in. It’s less than a week away. How many people are waiting until April 15th to do their taxes? Check out Turbo Tax or H&R Block online if you are a procrastinator. Sergey wrote a post with links for all type of Tax Tips. Check these out before you start [...]

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When will I receive my tax rebate check? – IRS Tax Rebate Schedule

2. April 2008

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Economic stimulus payments will be issued according to the last two-digits of the main filer's Social Security number. People who use direct deposit also will be among the first to receive the payments starting May 2. Paper checks will be put in the mail starting May 16.

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My Rule of 3 When Planning My Finances

31. March 2008

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3 weeks – Immediate funds: You want to plan out your funds for the next 3 weeks. You have bills coming up, credit card payments. Take time to schedule them in advance so you do not endure any finance charges for missed or late payments. Check often because the more credit cards and bills you [...]

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Get 3% off your Cell Phone bill each month

3. March 2008

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Get 3% off your Cell Phone bill each month

Nobody likes paying bills, but when you have to wouldn't it be nice to get a discount?

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TAXES! TAXES! TAXES?

20. February 2008

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It’s tax season! How are people doing their taxes? What tax services do you guys recommend? Any new tax laws we should watch out for? I’ve personally been using HR-Block on line. It’s rather easy to use and my information is automatically stored from last year. Also for a small fee my taxes get checked [...]

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