When deciding whether to purchase a house, condo, townhouse or co-op most people tend to forget the ancillary costs associated with owning that home. This topic came up the other week when I asked a buddy how living with in-laws went when he was in house purgatory (sold his house but didn’t close on his… Continue Reading
There’s No Perfect Time to Be Entrepreneurial
This guest post is by Mr. Broke Professional: the husband in the husband/wife team behind Brokeprofessionals.com. When you tell friends or family that you want to start your own business, you will likely hear one of two responses. Response A: “You can’t do that! You’re too young! You need to keep working for your employer… Continue Reading
Why I Will be Purchasing Life Insurance on My Newborn Baby
I distinctly remember the pain and helplessness I felt when The Wife and I lost our first baby in utero to a blighted ovum, and that wasn’t a child I had the honor of raising. I am not sure how I would handle if anything were to happen to my son, but I do know… Continue Reading
Do You Know Your Net Worth?
Measuring financial progress is essential when trying to improve your financial situation, yet if you have no benchmark to measure your progress against then how do you know how well you are progressing? Using your net worth is a great quick and easy way of how you can do this. What does net worth mean?… Continue Reading
New Way to Save Money…Have a Child
You do not have to search far on the internet to find tips on how to save money when you are expecting a baby, have a baby or raising a child, but over the past 2 months I have noticed something in both the joint checking account I have with The Wife and my single… Continue Reading
Increased Regulation of Forex Markets and Brokers Upcoming
After releasing new regulations to govern retail foreign exchange dealers in September 2010, the US Commodity Future Trading Commission (CFTC) is now beginning to penalize dealers who remain non-compliant. The new CFTC regulations were implemented as a part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act… Continue Reading
