2million's Personal Finance Blog

My Journey to Financial Freedom

July 5, 2011

Roomba Accessory Upgrades

Well my Roomba finally succumbed to a common issue with the cleaning head module (CHM) that plagues many of these devices. We've been using the Roomba for over 2 years now and have been generally pleased with our investment. See...
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July 8, 2011

June 2011 Net Worth Update (-$2,605)

Assets May-11 Jun-11 Change % Cash & Savings $ 55,373.16 $ 52,372.85 $ (3,000.31) -5.42% Taxable Brokerage Accts $ 167,512.80 $ 168,937.06 $ 1,424.26 0.85% Roth IRAs $ 79,451.38 $ 78,182.70 $ (1,268.68) -1.60% Pre-tax Retirement Accts $ 284,815.01...
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July 12, 2011

T Rowe Price Annual Service Fee for Low Balances To Increase

We got a notice that there are some upcoming account changes to my wife's IRA accounts at T Rowe Price. The main change that affects us is that they are now imposing a $20 annual service fee for accounts with...
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July 16, 2011

Free $5 Credit for Amazon Video

Amazon Video $5 Credit for linking your Amazon and Twitter account. Follow directions after logging into your Amazon account to link your accounts and get an instant Amazon Video $5 credit. We recently purchased a refurbished Sony Bluray player for...
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July 29, 2011

Put a Contract on Property #4

I had no plans to expand our rentals, but market conditions have drove us to action. A property went up for sale in the same neighborhood (with nearly identical characteristics) as our 1st property that we currently have been renting...
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