Monthly Archives: January 2010

Guest Post: Useful Tips To Qualify For A Mortgage After Foreclosure

guest post
Today I have a guest post from The Digerati Life. The Digerati Life is a personal finance site that offers tips and resources on saving, investing and debt management. Check out the site’s coverage of topics that range from reviews of high interest savings accounts to discussions on balance transfer cards. If you’ve undergone a foreclosure and lost your home, you might feel that this is the end of the world and you can never become a homeowner again. However,… Read the rest

1st Year Blogoversary Celebration Over At The Centsible Life

Just Stuff
Kelly over at the Centsible Life is giving away lots of prizes to celebrate her first year of blogging.  Head on over to this post to learn how to enter.  Kelly is also donating 10 cents for each comment to the giveaway post to help the folks in Haiti. Have a great day!OUT OF DEBT AGAIN is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising… Read the rest

Netflix vs. RedBox

Reviews
AJ recently subscribed to Netflix and he is really enjoying the service. He pays right around $10 a month and has watched quite a few movies. I keep wanting to watch a movie, but never find the time.  He has mostly watched movies that can be downloaded instantly, but he has ordered a couple to come by snail mail for Big A to watch. We have also tried Redbox.  Mr. A has nothing but complaints about this service.   I think… Read the rest

Did Your Paycheck Just Get Smaller?

income taxes
We got a 3% cost of living raise at work; however, after increasing the tax deductions to where they should be after last year's Making Work Pay Tax Credit, some people are actually taking home less money than they did last year. I'm willing to bet most companies did not give a raise, so many people will be looking at a smaller take home amount. I am one of the few who saw actually saw a raise in pay, but… Read the rest