After January/February’s credit card spending blow out of around $3,100, I’ve successfully reduced my latest credit card spending by 61% to $1,200! $1,000-$1,500 is the target credit card spending range I have every month. If I can spend just $1,000 one month, it’s like building a $500 buffer to be able to spend $2,000 ($1,500 […]
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Have you ever wondered when is it time to give up and admit defeat? You’ve tried so hard at something and things aren’t going as planned. Instead o f suffering more, perhaps it’s better to give up! I played 6 sets of singles the other day. That’s right, 6 consecutive sets over the course of
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In a great display of public income profiling, the IRS highlighted during the Obama administration they are increasing their audit rates for income levels above $200,000. If you study the chart carefully, you will see that after $200,000, your audit rate percentage goes up anywhere from 3X to 30X the average audit rate for those
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The coronavirus pandemic devastated our economy and caused tens of millions of Americans to become unemployed. A Financial Samurai reader shares what it was like being unemployed during the previous financial crisis. This Is What It’s Like Being Unemployed My name is Rachel, and I was unemployed for just a bit more than 6 months
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There is no doubt San Francisco Bay Area real estate, specifically real estate on the Peninsula and in San Francisco is strong. There’s also been a huge push to provide tax incentives for high tech companies to set up offices in San Francisco. You should ask yourself: Should I sell my house now? With so much
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Ever wonder how to get Republicans to donate more to charity? I figured a way out way back on March 17, 2012. Now that Joe Biden is President, there will likely be higher taxes and more effort to work across the aisle. Let’s go back in tim. I’m confused and I need your help! There
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Eventually, you will come across a greedy banker or thoughtful banker when doing any type of business. Let’s discuss a banker’s sentiment, because often, the people in finance are unfairly stereotyped as bad people. My friend is leaving his job of the past five years to work on his own start-up. When he got an
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There might be a new way to wean car addicts off their car buying behavior. That way is to simply have them experience a day at the DMV. Recently, I had the pleasure to go to the DMV and re-register my car because I never got the tags in the mail. Apparently State documents cannot
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The following is a guest post from Steve the Money Infant, which no longer exists. But it is a great post about the real meaning of wealth. Do you think you are wealthy? In fact, what is wealth really? The Free Dictionary defines wealth as follows: Most Common Meaning Of Wealth I think that many
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Lucky Amanda Clayton, 24, recently won $1 million dollars from the Michigan State lottery. The interesting point about Amanda is that even after winning the lottery, she is still using her “Bridge Card” for food. The Bridge Card is essentially a $200 a month state funded food program (food stamps) for people who have lost
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