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The Wife Knows!

I am not sure if she’ll read the blog on a daily basis, make comments or simply ignore it, but whatever her choice/participation is – it is appreciated and more than welcomed.  Maybe I’ll let her do a guest post

Debt Update 8/27/2008

In conjunction with providing great and useful information, I created this blog is to keep me accountable for my debts.  As of this update I am focusing on my wife and I’s Credit Cards (as indicated by my status bar to the left). 

This is an update as to our progress:

  7/27/2008 8/27/2008 CitiCard

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Education Loan Interest is Not Always Tax Deductible

Diplomas

It seems to be a common statement among parents, planners, financial aid people, some bloggers, etc. that

Don’t worry about education loans, they are tax deductible…

Like most tax advice given…it is a half truth.

Student Loans Are not Always Tax Deductibe

Yes, your interest is tax deductible if you don’t pass certain threshold

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My First Carnival!

Check out the Carnival of Personal Finance #167 – “Highlights from the Beijing 2008 Olympics” hosted by Broke Grad Student!  My first carnival post how exciting!

http://www.brokegradstudent.com/carnival-of-personal-finance-167-highlights-from-the-beijing-2008-olympics/

Top 5 Finance Sites

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I spend an healthy amount of time on the internet, so I figured I would share my favorite 5 free finance related sites.  The reason I limited the list to free is not due to alliteration, but rather I am part of the generation that assumes everything on the internet should be free, including great information.  I

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Come on!

olympic walking

When did walking become an Olympic sport?  I understand it is power walking, but come on! Why do they have to look like their waddling?  Just some thoughts.

Yeah that is what is on CNBC at 12:45am.

Reasonable Car Purchase - Why?

Green Sprite Can with an Engine

Green Sprite Can with an Engine

I was in the middle or writing a post about a theory I came up with about selling my car to take advantage of the crazy deals Detroit is putting out there (See www.gm.com and www.ford.com and www.jeep.com), but as I wrote the post I

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Introduction to Financial Aid

Fafsa Form

A co-worker needed information as to financial aid planning, so I started researching away. It should be noted that beyond my parent’s attempt (it should be noted that they completely failed at navigating this world), and my independent status during law school, I have very little experience in the way of college planning. If

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Advantages of Using a Prepaid Credit Card

There are many benefits to using a prepaid credit card.  A prepaid credit, also known as a secured credit card  is defined by bank rate as a credit card that, “…requires a cash collateral deposit that becomes the credit line for that account.”

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