If so, where are your finish lines? Ahead of you or behind you? I came across a great article by Harvey Mackay today that I want to share. Harvey has written several books on being successful in business and writes a nationally syndicated column on the same topic. I recently read his book about networking [...]
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Money Mangement and Personal Finance- Clicking My Way To Increased Personal Finance[This is a post I wrote as part of Adrian Cartwood's Seven Millionaires in Training experiment...I hope you enjoy it...Jeff]. Making Money 201 is all about focusing efforts on increasing your income so that you can build wealth and make some headway on achieving your Number. Being in the military affords me a nice and steady income [...]
- Happy New Year Personal FinanceDecember was a hectic month for me and I have pretty much neglected discussing money management and personal finance in lieu of other activities. I’m sure most of you probably think I’m referring to the normal holiday craziness that comes between Thanksgiving and New Years. While that certainly added to my busy-ness this month, I [...]
- Money Management and Personal Finance Round UpJust a quick post today linking back to this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance. Edition #182 is being hosted by Free From Broke and features several articles from around the Personal Finance and Money Management blogging community. My article on selecting a credit card for your Money Handler is featured as well. Normally I go through the [...]
- Money Management - Selecting A Credit Card For Your Money Handler[Note: The role of the Money Handler as well as those of the Money Manager and Money Leader are defined in my post on financial roles and responsibilities. In short the Money Handler does the necessary daily grunt work to keep your personal finance business running.] The Money Handler is a key ingredient to making your personal finance [...]
- Real Estate Investing - Find Desirable PropertiesAccording to an old saying, the only three things that matter in real estate are “location, location and location.” It is clear that a ten bedroom, eight bath home with cathedral ceilings and a swimming pool that is located next to a garbage dump is not desirable to many people. On the other hand a little [...]
- Carnival of Personal Finance at The Sun’s Financial DiaryManage money and learn about personal finance at the 176th edition of The Carnival of Personal Finance hosted at The Sun’s Financial Diary. This week’s edition features my recent article on the myriad ways you can outsource your Money Handler tasks so you can make the transition to money management. While you peruse the carnival, take some [...]
- Real Estate Investing - Have a Money Making StrategyThe main point for real estate investors to consider first is what their strategy will be for making money from the investment. Buying is only half of the equation and whether the property is good or bad depends upon that crucial profit strategy. If an investor is going to invest in a property with the intention [...]
- Money Management - Outsource Your Money Handling TasksI advocate a leadership approach to money management and personal finance. That means I want to spend my valuable time as a Money Leader defining my financial strategy and setting financial goals and as a Money Manager designing the necessary financial plans to achieve my definition of success and monitoring my progress/success along the way. [...]
- Manage Money at The Carnival of Personal FinanceManage money and learn about personal finance at the 174th edition of The Carnival of Personal Finance hosted by Lisa Spinelli over at Greener Pastures. This week’s edition features my recent article on the various roles and responsibilities that exist in the world of personal finance. While you peruse the carnival, take some time to check out [...]
- Personal Finance Roles and Responsibilities DefinedI’d like to offer a warm welcome to readers joining us from the Carnival of Personal Finance #174 - The Columbus Day Edition, graciously hosted by Greener Pastures. Here at Minding My Own Business we approach personal finance and money management from a leadership and business perspective. Take some time to look around and check [...]
- Indiscriminate Selling in CommoditiesThe following is a guest post by Charles Rotblut of Zacks Investment Research. Charles raises some interesting discussion on trading in the commodities markets and offers his opinion on the potential longevity of the current financial crisis. I’m surprised by the indiscriminate selling in commodities and commodity-related stocks. Were there bubbles? Y […]
- Interview With “Spend ‘Til the End” Author Scott Burns - Part TwoThis is second of two posts covering my recent interview with nationally syndicated financial columnist and author Scott Burns Scott is the chief investment strategist for AssetBuilder where he advocates a low fee approach to investment management and has co-authored the new book “Spend Til the End” with economist Larry Kotlikoff. Check out part one of my [. […]
- Personal Finances And Money Management: Planning For RetirementWhen it comes to personal finances and money management, many people aim to be able to retire comfortably when the time is right. It’s at that time of your life when you can finally do what you enjoy most on a full time basis. For some that may be nothing more than just relaxing from [...]
- How to Protect Assets in Excess of $100,000Not long ago I posted about the failure at IndyMac bank. In that article I referred to both FDIC and NCUA insurance that protects depositors up to $100,000. I’m doing OK with my investments, but I’m not sitting on cash that is greater than $100K, so FDIC/NCUA insurance easily covers my cash assets. While that may [...]
- Interview With “Spend ‘Til the End” Author Scott BurnsRecently I was given the opportunity to review the new book “Spend Til the End” by nationally syndicated financial columnist and author Scott Burns. In addition to being an accomplished writer, Scott is also the chief investment strategist for AssetBuilder where he advocates a low fee approach to investment management. As part of my [...]
- Jumbo Mortgage Limits IncreaseDo you want the banks to compete for your business? Did you know the line between conforming and jumbo mortgages has been raised? Find out why this may be important to you if you're shopping for a loan.
- Transfer to HostGatorJust a quick note to let you know that I am still here on the web. Hopefully faster now. The last two weeks have been internet hell! I have watched MMOB grind to a near stand still and could not do a damn thing to prevent it. Page loads were averaging in excess of 30 [...]
- Becoming a Money Manager (MMOB Style) on Free Money FinanceFree Money Finance covers a wide variety of financial topics ranging from advice and tips to discussion of current financial news. FMF was kind enough to lend me their audience and offered the opportunity to write a guest article for their site. The post highlights the importance of making the transition from Money Handling to Money Managing. In [...]
- How Long Do You Plan to Live?Forever!!! At least that is what I tell my children. They don’t need to be worrying at the tender ages of nine and seven about the life expectancy of their mom and dad. I plan to continue this charade as they age so that I can make them nervous that I’ll be nagging and telling them what to [...]
- Let’s Go to the Carnival of Real EstateI recently discovered Blog Carnivals reading a post over at Free Money Finance. These are not the carnivals we went to as a kids You know the ones with the strong man, the bearded lady and where you secretly plotted running away to when your parents didn’t let you have your way. Rather they are [...]
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