Showing posts with label Cash Money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cash Money. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Real Estate Update

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Just did an update on our networth numbers.  Our three investment property mortgages are each, now, under $100,000 in debt. The current mo...
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Monday, January 11, 2016

Pulled the Trigger

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I wanted to keep my old car, a 2006 sedan, for another year.  But, it didn't happen.  My old car was simply becoming too unreliable, esp...
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Monday, June 30, 2014

Truck Update

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Big news on the truck front, Mr. Sam is the proud owner of a new truck.   As I shared recently, we were not finding very good prices on u...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Car Repair Blues

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One of the ways we keep our expenses down so that we can save more is keeping our transportation costs low.  I drive a 2006 four door car, w...
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Friday, March 14, 2014

Drum Roll - New Goal

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CNN.com reports  that the number of millionaires has hit a new high.   Which got me thinking, because this survey of millionaires excludes t...
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Monday, March 10, 2014

Royal Screw Up

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So, I have a pretty good system set up for our personal finances.  I have a system for paying bills and for our savings that works off of ou...
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Cash Money

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We have new tenants in Rental # 3 and they prefer to pay their rent in cash. The upside of cash is that it is cash.  I know there is not g...
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Monday, December 23, 2013

NetWorth - Retirement Investment Progress

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So, at almost the end of 2013 we have just over $800,000 in total retirement investment accounts which is mostly due to the performance of t...
Friday, December 20, 2013

Holiday Cheer - 401K Match

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For the first time in my corporate career, this year I received a 401K match.  My employer contributed "profit sharing" in the amo...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Stock Sale - Update

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Back in October I  posted about my hot stock dilemma and trying to figure out when and how to plan my stock sales (since I'm more of a ...
Friday, October 18, 2013

Stocks - Time to Sell?

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Today, I sold some stock.  This was a momentous occasion because this was a first for me.  The last few years, in my IRA, I have been buying...
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Tossing and Turning

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I found myself unable to sleep last night and as a result ended up reading several great articles on  Longform.org which is one of my favor...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Unemployment Compensation

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Mr. Sam has been working on applying for unemployment benefits.  Sadly, Florida makes it super difficult to apply and obtain benefits.  Flor...
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

When is a Sale Not a Sale?

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Earlier,  I wrote about the psychological impact of shopping without actually buying the product you are shopping for. Now comes news on s...
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Diamonds and Dollars - Update

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Back in August of 2012,  I wrote about a claim we had submitted in the DeBeers diamond price fixing case. Well, yesterday Mr. Sam received...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Drinking and Shopping Don't Mix

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I enjoyed this fun  Atlantic Wire post on shopping under the influence .  I have been to enough Palm Beach charity events over the years t...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

2013 Goals - Post Bonus Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $7644 (22%)   (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $4508 (41%)    (goal is $11,000) (3) Add to e/r...
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Monday, March 18, 2013

Bonus Plan

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Mr. Sam recently received a small bonus at work.  Nothing huge, but every little bit counts. First, the bonus was subject to his 401k with...
Monday, November 26, 2012

Executing on the Holiday Plan

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Earlier, I posted about our holiday plan and budget and since its Cyber Monday it is time for me to start executing on our plan. As I pr...
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Happy Days

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Good news, I  received a 5% raise yesterday at work.  And further good news is that the raise is retroactive for a few months.  Whoo-hoo! ...
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