Put your credit card to work

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

In my previous post, I explained the terms 'balance transfer arbitrage' and 'App-o-rama'. Both strategies are risky, but there are definitely instances where an introductory rate on a credit card can be leveraged in order to give your family finances some breathing room. If you have good credit, if you ...

Rocketing credit score

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

In March of this year, I shared how our credit score plummeted from 748 to 618 last year. This last month, I paid off the three largest balance transfers that we made during our bank bonus, credit card bonus and stoozing spree. We had borrowed between $11,000 to $13,000 from each ...

Friday Stack: packing to move edition

Friday, March 7th, 2008

It is getting a little crazy around the Rocket household as we prepare to move across the country at the end of the month. I am also anticipating a lot of good blog posts as we decide whether or not to rent out or sell our current home as well as decide to rent or ...

Something Extra: taxes, infants, credit and estates

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

I'm jumping in with an extra post today. Here are some articles that you should read: Randall's Rebuttal on the issue of taxes. Madison at My Dollar Plan begins a series on money advice for all ages with financial strategies for infants and young children. Moolanomy's article listing the best blog posts of 2007. . ...