2million's Personal Finance Blog

My Journey to Financial Freedom

February 2, 2009

Save Money On Title Insurance

When my wife and I bought Houes #4, closing costs were just a blip on the radar screen with some many things to do to get through closing. However, hats off to our mortgage broker, who pointed out we had...
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February 4, 2009

Investment Performance January 2009(-4.98%)

This is an ongoing monthly update on how our equity investments are performing. Please see this background on the investment tool I developed and how I am using it to track our performance against a benchmark to measure our progress...
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February 6, 2009

January 2009 Net Worth Update (+0.38%)

Assets Dec-08 Jan-09 Change % Cash & Savings $ 60,687.73 $ 48,467.69 $ (12,220.04) -20.14% Taxable Brokerage Accts $ 65,648.35 $ 65,304.57 $ (343.78) -0.52% Roth IRAs $ 33,059.63 $ 32,226.26 $ (833.37) -2.52% Pre-tax Retirement Accts $ 135,193.33...
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February 11, 2009

Trying to Keep the Economy in Perspective

Whats Wrong With the US Economy? -Housing Bubble is Deflating -The US economy is shrinking at an enormous rate due to downward spiral created and the uncertainty in the market Whats Right With the US Economy? -Energy costs are falling...
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February 15, 2009

Free Diet Dr Pepper

Here is a link to your choice of a free 20oz or 2liter Diet Dr Pepper. Limited to the first 2million people to register or 3/31/2009....
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February 17, 2009

Early Turnover on Rental House #2

We had our first lease breakage on a rental property at the beginning of the year. The tenants had moved into House #2 in August on a 1 year lease and everything was working extremely well. The tenants were very...
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February 19, 2009

Downshifting from DINKS to Average Single Family Income Status

What a terrible time to be downshifting, but somethings just happen when they happen. Fresh off our international assignment, we have come back to the US, bought a family friendly house, have a baby on the way, and are now...
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February 22, 2009

Free Goodies When You Buy a Home

Even with the economy in peril, we have still received a ton of mail related to the purchase of our home. Of course we have been inundated with those mortgage life insurance mailings, window treatment ads, and other related junk,...
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February 26, 2009

Triple Your College Savings in Less Than a Month

Even if money is a little tight these days we are still ready to pounce on an great opportunity when we find one. How often do you get to double or triple your money in under a month? The Ohio...
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