Archive for August, 2010
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
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Since Congress created the VA Loan program in 1944, more than 18 million people used it to help purchase a home. Expressly designed for honorably discharged ...
Posted in Real Estate | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
If keeping your day job is the cake, then investing in yourself outside of your day job is at least the icing, or maybe even another four or five cakes' worth.
But if that sounds like way too much work, there's always the chance you can hit the jackpot by suing ...
Posted in Commentary, Free Stuff, Investing, Making Money, Retirement | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Nine years ago when I got a 30-year mortgage for my first house, people said that I got a really good rate: 5.875%.
Now, if I still had that mortgage, it would almost be a no-brainer for me to refinance to a 15-year mortgage. I saw that rates were 3.875% for ...
Posted in Banking, Deals and Steals, Real Estate | 7 Comments »
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Smithee, a staff writer over at Consumerism Commentary, gave his opinions on the positive opt-in that's now necessary for banks and credit unions to enroll customers in overdraft privilege services. In a previous life as a Bank of America customer service representative, he had to tell customers that they couldn't ...
Posted in Banking, Commentary | 9 Comments »
