Home Finance: Mortgages & the Real Cost of Ownership

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Home for Sale: river view, no basement, some yard Yesterday, I presented rocket finance readers with my family's mortgage story. We are not subprime borrowers, but our experience demonstrates how access to easy credit has caused the current foreclosure crisis in the United States. I am passionate about keeping others from ...

Don’t use your house to pay for your life

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

My financial story is not particularly unique, however I believe that many people, especially young people in their 20's who are contemplating marriage or have just graduated from college can benefit from reading it. I put myself and my family into a great deal of financial trouble because of a ...

We are heading in the right direction (I think)

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

So, I was looking through my Excel budgeting workbook the other night. . . (I know, I know, there are better ways of keeping track of one's finances, but I like tinkering in Excel, plus it makes it easy to set the budget for the next year, just copy, paste ...

In your 60’s? Use your financial freedom wisely

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

I had some major site problems last night. Therefore, I was unable to spend my usual time on this post. I had planned to participate in the Money Advice for the Ages project being led by Madison from My Dollar Plan. Here are a couple of thoughts that I may ...