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15 vs 30 Year Mortgages – Longer is better!

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I read an interesting post that really got me thinking today. It was written by a great blogger nicknamed Money Hawk, if you have never read his blog I implore you to check it out HERE. He wrote a great post titled “Kick Financial Ass With a 15 Year Fixed Mortgage.” His basic premise is…

Personal Finance is Well….Personal

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I have written about this before (HERE & HERE), but in the past week I was involved in an incident which made me want to reiterate that personal finance is less about the numbers, but more about personal decisions based on one’s personalty, perspective and life. The first came when a good friend came by…

Financial Overview – August 2008

I figured I needed to start somewhere so why not lay it on the line for the readers of this blog, while keeping myself accountable in the months and years to come. Just recently married (a little over six weeks ago) and the wife and I decided to get serious about what we are going…