You just skipped back into the house after visiting one of the more exciting locations on your residence, the mailbox, with what seems to be an amazing offer from your very own trusted financial institution thinking you just scored!

After all, how could you lose with an offer to cash a check for [...]

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Borrowing to save?  Yep.  That’s what I said.  Borrowing to save.

If you know me, you know that I detest debt.  I will NOT borrow money, and I also won’t lend it.  I have enough of a history of debt, and I’m done with it, permanently.  It’s [...]

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Being in the real estate Short Sale niche over the past 3 years has given me insight to how banks view their customers.  It’s also given me insight to the process involved in settling a debt for less than you owe.

I won’t go into detail [...]

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I was presented with an e-mail this evening by my “brick and mortar” bank.  About 5 years ago, I learned about online banks.  Not online banking, but online banks…in other words, banks that have no physical locations.  I learned that they offer higher rates of return on their basic [...]

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I’ve been a Dave Ramsey nut for a long time, but until I made a commitment to New Valley Church to facilitate FPU, I hadn’t actually been through Financial Peace University.  So, while I’ve read his book, gleaned a myriad of useful information [...]

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