2million's Personal Finance Blog

My Journey to Financial Freedom

April 1, 2009

Investment Performance March 2009 (+8.45%)

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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April 3, 2009

March 2009 Net Worth Update (2.14%)

I think March may have hit the bottom for the economy. Im getting optimistic about things in general, but maybe thats just because we are just about ready to have a baby. Assets Feb-09 Mar-09 Change % Cash & Savings...
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April 6, 2009

Current Income Streams Snapshot

Ok a lot has changed since I last talked about my multiple income streams so its time for an update. Diversifying our income is a key planning tool for the unexpected. If we were solely relying on my income and...
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April 8, 2009

Free Diapers

Planning or having a baby? Here is a link to a free sample of 3 Huggies pure & natural diapers....
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April 14, 2009

New vs Used: Our Car Buying Breakdown

Last month my wife and I bought a replacement car. We started at Carmax, found what we wanted and then shopped around for a better deal. We walked out of Carmax with the following quote for what we decided we...
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April 21, 2009

Managing Our Spending With Big Ticket Item List

My wife and I are slowly getting adjusted to our single income status. Given our life situation with a new house and baby on the way, there are plenty of wants and needs for us to go around. One way...
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April 27, 2009

Deferring Our Carpet Purchase to Save Money

As I recently showed on our big ticket list, the next item my wife and I are planning on purchasing was new carpet for the baby's room. This upcoming purchase has been of great debate between the two of us....
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April 30, 2009

Collections Company Coming After Me for Back Taxes

I got a very stressful call yesterday from DCS - Diversified Collections Services. The caller said that I owed $11,0333 dollars in back taxes to Virginia and unless I paid it within the next 2 days they would start the...
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