Should I Pay Off My House Early? – Pros and Cons + MORE

Debt Fatigue Stinks (this is not a picture of Katie)
Hi Money Life and More readers! I’m Katie from Slowly But Surely, where I write about tackling my goals, specifically getting out of debt. I started this year with $68,000 of student loans and a credit card balance and I’ve started tackling the debt pretty aggressively…

Reader Question: Should We Sell Our Second Car?
Club Thrifty – Stop spending. Start living.So…I’ve introduced you all to my badass Toyota Prius already.  However, I haven’t quite told you about the other car that rounds out our fleet: My 2007 periwinkle Dodge Caravan.  Check it out and please *try* not to be jealous…

My Old Droid 2 Can you believe it, I stepped out of the budgeting box.  I didn’t save for a new purchase and it was AWESOME!  I know this could get me in trouble now that I have no debt, … Continue reading →The post I didn’t Save for a New Purchase *Gasp appeared first on Financial Black Sheep…

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Should we pay off our house early? What about the next house? Don’t worry guys, we haven’t bought our next house just yet. We’re keeping our current one for at least another 12 months. However, we have been thinking about whether we should pay off our current house quickly (we have been debating whether we want to rent it out or not – if we decide to sell then we of course wouldn’t pay off the current house quickly) and even whether or not we should pay off our next house quickly as well…

One of the things I firmly believe in as a young professional is the need to always look for ways to improve yourself. Because of that, I have been a frequent reader of blogs and they have helped me out a lot! Here are some great posts I read this week:Link Love20′s Finances discussed the risk as it pertains to young investors…

Folks,
I haven’t blogged about my personal financial situation much recently.  I’d been unemployed for a while earlier last year and had kinda lost my writing mojo.  However, my 38th birthday rolled around earlier this month so I’ve been taking critical stock of my situation.
After some thought I dumped everything in my ROTH IRA…

Here’s hoping you had a very happy Earth Day!  Personally, it was a simply crazy time for me; having a baby can very rapidly turn ‘free day when I can get caught up on my blog writing’ into ‘somehow, I have spent 12 hours looking at my daughter today, and didn’t accomplish anything else’…

This is a guest article by Rosemary.  If you are interested in contributing to Debt RoundUp, please follow our guidelines.
Refinancing is a common practice that homeowners undertake, especially when mortgage rates are low. However, refinancing does cost a homeowner money and requires careful consideration…

As part of my commitment to keep my readers up to date on my stock portfolio and options holdings, I write up short posts describing my transactions. Today, I’m going to try to do something different by writing this transaction update as a bit of a fun story so that you can see my exact train of thought…

My initial introduction to the world of personal finance was through a friend turning me on to a gentleman named Dave Ramsey. You’ve probably heard his name thrown around. You might have seen him on TV or maybe you even listen to his radio show. I personally take everything he says with a grain of salt…

Photo: 401(K) 2013

If you’re underwater on your home – meaning you owe more than your home is worth – you’re certainly not alone. Many American families are in the same situation because of the real estate market crash. Even though property prices are starting to rise in some areas of the country, many families are still in this situation…

Mrs. Frugal Rules seems to have taken over the blog this week! Please enjoy her random musings…
I liked Mr. Frugal Rules’ “Things that Make me Scratch my Head” post so much that I asked him if I could write a post with a spin of my own on things that make me want to pull my hair out. Now, I do have to say that these things don’t actually make me angry, more so just random, senseless, sometimes frustrating and sometimes funny (at least to me) situations I’ve encountered in my life…

If you need a credit card, you have to be very discreet and diligent to apply for the right kind of card that can give you benefits instead of headaches for years to come. I say that because on the average Americans have in their wallet more than 8 cards one time or another. I … Continue Reading »