2million's Personal Finance Blog

My Journey to Financial Freedom

June 4, 2007

Big Steps In My Race Through 2007

The year has been a whirlwind for me so far as I spend just about every free minute working on some project that helps get my house ready to rent, prepared for my China assignment, gets wedding plans in order,...
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June 6, 2007

May 2007 Net Worth Update (+$18,615)

This month's net worth gain is $74 shy of my record set in my August 2006 net worth update. Regardless, its great to see such strength in my monthly gains -- a larger and larger portion due to paper investment...
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June 11, 2007

I'm Ready To Buy My Retirement Home?

My family already knows this; I have an itch to buy some waterfront property. Part of it may be fear of no longer being able to afford this type of property later in life. Another part is the ability to...
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June 13, 2007

Could the Forever Stamp Replace the US Dollar?

Now that the USPS has stamps whose current value will "rise" over time as postal rate go up, do we have any need for the US dollar? I've been thinking about it - I think rather than holding USD in...
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June 15, 2007

My Fiancee Has Quit Her Job

This hasn't been an easy financial decision for us -- especially given our akward state as an "engaged" couple who haven't really merged our finances yet other than a joint savings account for the wedding fund. There were a lot...
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June 18, 2007

Sunday Paper Isn't Even Worth $1

Back in January I got an offer from the local newspaper to subscribe to the Sunday paper for just $1 an issue. I gave it some thought and drooled over the idea of getting all the Sunday coupons, the Sunday...
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June 20, 2007

We Are Not Going to Be A Smart Couple Finishing Rich

My fiancee and I have officially put on hold our reading of Smart Couples Finish Rich. Its disappointing - I had such high hopes that this endeavor was going to put us on the right track as we started off...
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June 25, 2007

House #2 Converted to a Rental Property

Another financial milestone occurred this weekend as I moved out and converted the house I bought last year to a rental property. So far so good. I am not receiving anything close to the cash flow of myfirst rental property....
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June 27, 2007

Capital One No Hassle Rewards Card - How are the rewards?

As part of my preparations for the overseas assignment, I just signed up for a Capital One No Hassles Reward Card. I decided I was going to use a Capital One card as my new primary card while away since...
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