Adventures of Sam

Musings about personal finance, real estate investing, life in South Florida, historic house projects, Snarfle the dog and anything else that strikes my fancy.

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Uphill Battle

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I'm sorry I've not posted here more.  But, now I understand how busy one gets with a full time job and a new baby. Financially, we...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Update on Swap.com Experiment

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Earlier, I posted  about my Swap.com experiment. Almost a month later and I have earned $80 in profit.  I've sold about 18 items (a co...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Some Slightly Better News on the Rising Cost of College

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Glad to hear that the dramatic rise in college costs is starting to slow down a bit.  As I posted previously , we have started a 529 fund f...
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Friday, May 8, 2015

A Windfall is Coming

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As you can tell from the title of this post, clearly I'm a Game of Thrones fan. So, I received news that I'm getting a bonus this ...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Cars, cars, cars

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Back in 2008, the first year of this blog, we saved up $17,000 and I bought a 2006 nused car .  While that feels like a short time ago, its...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Trying Out Swap.com

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I am normally the type of person who simply donates rather than resells items.  For me, my time and effort is generally worth way more than ...
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Monday, March 30, 2015

College Savings Plan for Baby Sam

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As I work on figuring out our 2015 savings goals, we know that college savings for Baby Sam is on the list. We have settled on a 529 Plan ...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

Amazon Mom?

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After ordering a big box of Seventh Generation wipes and Diaper Genie  refills from Amazon, up popped an offer to join the Amazon Mom progr...
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Sam
I live in South Florida with my husband, Mr. Sam, and our dog Snarfle. Mr. Sam and I both slave away in the salt mines by day and manage real estate investments by night.
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