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How Much is Too Much for a Church Building?
For those of you new to Free Money Finance, I post on The Bible and Money every Sunday. Here's why . Today we have a guest post from Money Help for Christians . Those who are followers of Christ are familiar with the final words of Jesus – the Great Commission. In this final ...
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Know Your Rights Against Debt Collectors
The following is a guest post from Kathryn Katz, an avid cat lover, single mom, internet marketer and professional copywriter. Kathryn is a Certified Personal Finance Counselor and works for Consolidated Credit Counseling Services . Many consumers have suffered from financial difficulties ...
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What Real Millionaires Do
I'm done reading my copy of Stop Acting Rich: ...And Start Living Like A Real Millionaire and I'll be posting a bit on it here and there. But for now I wanted to share a general overview of the book's findings regarding what real millionaires do: Dr. Stanley’s research and the national ...
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Five Steps to Six Figures in Seven Years
Here is a piece I originally wrote for Get Rich Slowly . It's only slightly different than the version there (this version has no comments or editting from JD -- though his additions probably made the piece better.) ;-) Historically, "making six figures" has been to income ...
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Carnivals for the Week of Nov 16
For weekday updates of what I find to be some of the most interesting personal finance articles on the web, follow me on Twitter . For now, here are the carnivals Free Money Finance was in this week and my posts that were included: Carnival of Personal Finance - Is a College Education Still ...
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How to Define Net Worth
Here are some interesting thoughts from Stop Acting Rich: ...And Start Living Like A Real Millionaire on how to define net worth. Here are the two ways he defines net worth in the book: Augmented net worth is the "traditional" definition -- assets minus liabilities. It includes ALL ...
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Mindless Spending: Frequency Matters More Than Height
The following is a guest post from Marotta Wealth Management . Dieting and budgeting face similar hurdles in the American lifestyle. Some of us live to eat; others eat to live. Attempting to reduce our spending is every bit as challenging as trying to slim our waistlines. Some shop to ...
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Gift Catalog Donation Made
Just like we have for the past several years ( check out last year's entry for more details on what we do ), my family recently completed our annual selections in the Samaritan's Purse Gift Catalog . In all we contributed to 17 of their 48 options including the following highlights: Hot ...
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Women Have Unique Financial Needs
The following is a guest post from Marotta Wealth Management . Retirement planning is even more crucial for women than for men. Although most women are married, 85% outlive their husbands and are alone during their last years. Financial planning must address the unique issues facing older ...
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25 Guidelines for Living Your New Money Story
The following is an excerpt from The Secret Language of Money: How to Make Smarter Financial Decisions and Live a Richer Life and lists 25 guidelines for living your new money story (making your finances what you want them to be.) In the end, your actions are the language in which your ...
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How to Graduate from Harvard for $40k or Less
Here's a piece from Personal MBA that tells how to get a degree from Harvard for $40k or less . The highlights: There’s a little-known back door to getting a Harvard degree: the Harvard Extension School. All you need to do to become a student at the Harvard Extension School is pay a ...
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Seven Red Flags for Home Buyers (And an Update on Our Home Search)
Kiplinger lists seven red flags for home buyers as follows: Poor water pressure. Aside from issues of comfort and convenience, low water flow may indicate plumbing problems, such as corroded pipes that will need to be replaced down the road. Ceiling stains. Something’s leaking.  ...
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Moose Tracks for Thanksgiving?
As many of you know, Moose Tracks ice cream has been a sponsor of Free Money Finance from day one. And since you're likely a week or so away from some sort of feasting (not sure why I think that, it's just a hunch), I thought I'd suggest you consider some for your upcoming big meal. You can ...
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What Professions are Likely to Have High and Low Net Worths?
Here are some interesting thoughts from Stop Acting Rich: ...And Start Living Like A Real Millionaire regarding the professions that have high and low net worths: Highly compensated physicians, attorneys, and managers of public corporations tend to have low wealth indices; that is, they ...
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The Cost of Money
The following is an excerpt from The Secret Language of Money: How to Make Smarter Financial Decisions and Live a Richer Life . Mugger: “Don’t make a move, this is a stickup. Now, come on—your money or your life. [long pause] Look, Bud, I said, your money or your life!” Jack Benny: ...
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Have You Ever Taken Risks to Try and Improve Your Career?
If you've been a reader of Free Money Finance for more than 15 seconds you've heard me talk about the importance of managing your career . I've offered lots of thoughts on the subject of how you can build/grow/maximize your career, but I haven't dealt a lot with taking risks to boost your ...
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How to Become Wealthy
Here are some interesting thoughts from Stop Acting Rich: ...And Start Living Like A Real Millionaire on how to become wealthy: If you want to become wealthy [the way other wealthy people have], live in a neighborhood where your household is among the top income generators. For example, ...
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Best of Money Carnival Now Available
Just a heads-up that the Best of Money Carnival is now up. Congrats to all participants and especially the winning post, Abysmal Survey Results: Americans Don’t Understand Basic Financial Concepts . BTW, I made the cut myself with my post titled How to Make Money as a Soccer Referee . One ...
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Steps To Grow Your Net Worth When You Don't Make A Six Figure Income
freemoneyfinance.com — The following is a guest post from Danny Kofke, author of How to Survive (and Perhaps Thrive) on a Teacher's Salary . It seems everywhere we look these days, we see something telling us how bad the economy is and how tough times are. I agree ... (more) Steps To Grow Your Net Worth When You Don't Make A Six ...
Opportunities Lost
For those of you new to Free Money Finance, I post on The Bible and Money every Sunday. Here's why . In the past we've discussed what Christians believe about giving (and how much -- or should I say how little -- they actually give). On a related note, I've even asked if our welfare ...
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