For the majority of the population, most people have bad habits when it comes to money. These people, instead of thinking in terms of saving, investing, and financial freedom, they think only of spending, borrowing, and financial dependence. Statistic shows that in 2002, nearly 2 million Americans declared personal bankruptcy due to constant spending and borrowing more than what they could afford. There are two directions that a person...

Yes, I’m really excited to announce that I have completely paid off my credit card as of this past weekend. I have wrote many posts about my credit card situation and it has been an ultimate goal for a while now. I am finally glad to announce that my long journey has finally reached an end. For those who do not know, I originally had a credit card debt of about $9,000.00 as of last year May. Over this past year I have been trying...

Today I just opened up a Money Market Savings account with GMAC Bank. It’s great because it’s just like a checkings account with a super high interest rate. I mean why not make some interest while my money sits in my checkings account right? So my plan is to make this new account my primary checkings account and also as well as my savings account. Here are some Benefits of the account: The interest rate for this money market...

Statistics show that the average American has over $8,000.00 in credit card debt. If you fall under that credit card debt range, then you’ve got some major cleaning up to do. There are millions of people who have come out of some heavy credit card debt, so now it’s your turn. Follow these 5 steps to be on your way to being credit card debt free.  First thing, you need to stop the credit card offers. You want to get away from...

So whats the big deal with budgeting and why is it so important? Let me tell you why I love to budget, I have ten reasons and maybe you might see for your self the reason for its importance. Here they are: Big Awareness. Through budgeting, it keeps me aware of how much I spend on the daily basis. Saves me money. By knowing whats coming ahead and being able to plan, it helps me to spend less and less every month. Smart planning. Knowing how...

Scenario: So you’ve got a nice stash of cash just laying around and you want them to be put to work. You also figured that you didn’t want to be too aggressive buy investing directly in stocks and at the same time you don’t want to invest in long term either so that rules out mutual/index funds. So then you ask, “should I put my money in a CD or a Money Market”? Good question. In order to make the right...