2million's Personal Finance Blog

My Journey to Financial Freedom

November 2, 2007

Consolidating Our Finances

Back when we got engaged I had ambitious plans of quickly moving to merge accounts and making some changes to optimize things a bit and squeeze a bit more savings out of her expenses. This enthusiasm was met with a...
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November 5, 2007

October Net Worth Update (+$38,472)

October was a month full of huge changes! I continue to pile it on and present our new combined net worth update. This month's expenses included our wedding, honeymoon, and moving my wife to China with me. The finances have...
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November 11, 2007

Bank Transfers To Accounts Not in Your Name

As disturbing as it may sound I was recently able to link my wife's Citi Credit Card to my personal checking account (before we were married). I was able to log into her Citi credit card account, add my bank...
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November 15, 2007

Cheap Activities in Waikiki, Hawaii

My wife and I only spent 3 full days in Waikiki for our abbreviated honeymoon, but we spent plenty while we were there. I was mentally prepared for it to be expensive, but I was still shocked at just how...
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November 17, 2007

Free Screwdriver

You can never have too many basic tools around. Here is a free Kobalt 6-in-1 screwdriver from Lowes. Register for an emailed coupon that can be redeemed at Lowes. Thanks to slickdeals for the link....
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November 22, 2007

Payoff Mortgage for Better Rate of Return?

There are pros and cons to paying off mortgages (or at least accelerating payments) and a lot of people feel pretty strongly about the subject. I personally avoid accelerating payments on the 2 properties I have owned up until now...
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November 26, 2007

Annual Dividend Hikes

In the beginning of the year, I reviewed my 2006 passive income, mainly from dividend paying stocks I own. Here is the same list of companies with any quarterly dividend hikes seen in 2007:   2005 Dividend 2006 Dividend 2007...
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November 29, 2007

Dividend Income Growth

I have started pulling together our dividend income for 2007 although a number of investments still have dividend payments remaining in December. Incomplete 2007 Dividend Income  Company Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Pepco $ 5.26 $ 5.30 $ 5.35  ...
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