July 2007

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~Sat~ Jul 28th 2007

Blow-by-Blow Account of a Housing Addition, part two: Capitalization

Posted by J.D. Roth under House and Home , Real-Life  
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This is a guest post from JerichoHill. Last week I introduced the first of a three-part series on my experiences with building a major home addition. It dealt with defining your objectives and determining if the necessary resources were available and where they were located. To Recap: Because my fiancée, Julie, bought before housing prices [...]

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~Fri~ Jul 27th 2007

What Developing Nations Can Teach Us About Personal Finance

Posted by J.D. Roth under Choices , Odds and Ends , Travel  
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This guest post from Terry M. contains strong language. Most readers of this blog are from the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom. We have an extraordinarily high standard of living compared to most of the world, and I feel there are a lot of lessons to be learned from how people live in [...]

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~Thu~ Jul 26th 2007

Community Investing and Other Socially-Conscious Banking Options

Posted by J.D. Roth under Choices , Investing  
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This is a guest post from Penny Nickel of Money and Values. If you’ve ever looked into socially conscious personal finance options, you may be familiar with Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), probably in the form of mutual funds.  But did you know that there’s a whole world out there of products like savings accounts and [...]

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~Wed~ Jul 25th 2007

How to Eliminate Debt in Bursts Instead of Incrementally

Posted by J.D. Roth under Debt , Hints and Tips , Money Hacks  
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This guest post is by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits, one of my favorite blogs. Most of the time, the standard advice about debt elimination is to pay it off incrementally, over a period of time. We’re advised to be patient, and to hold on tight until the day comes when we pay off our [...]

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