The Versatility of Mortgage Finance Loan + MORE

After you finish reading this post, please head on over to 1500 Days to Freedom, where Mr. 1500 interviewed me in a piece titled 10 Questions and a Pizza Place.  If you have not checked out his blog, you must!  Leave a comment or share on your favorite social media site.
With 24 days left before I quit my day job, I have a ton of work to finish to leave without a hiccup…

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Since 401K loans have been getting a lot of ink in the personal finance blogsphere, I wanted to take a moment to throw up a quickie video by David Bach on 401K plans. At 3:30 seconds its a quick watch so you can check it out at on your break at work.

If you aren’t able to access the video, the main points are:
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The rates of mortgages are increasing since last two weeks but it’s not a big worry for those who still have not applied for mortgages. The mortgage rates are historically low even after such a nominal increase. The interest rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage loan increased from 3.42% to 3.51% in second week of …

The Most Commonly Asked Credit Score Questions
Club Thrifty – Stop spending. Start living.Thanks for joining us here at Club Thrifty! We hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend! Today, we are proud to present our new contributor, Joshua Rodriguez. Enjoy!
Hey everyone, my name is Joshua Rodriguez and thank you for reading my first article here at Club Thrifty! One of the best ways to live a thrifty lifestyle is to build and maintain a good credit score…

I had talked about getting update house insurance way back during hurricane Sandy when it hit the east coast.  I had said how important it was to review your insurance, because water damage can come from anything and most insurance … Continue reading →The post I Finally have New House Insurance appeared first on Financial Black Sheep…

Welcome to the latest edition of the Festival of Frugality where we get to highlight some of the best posts in the blogosphere geared towards frugality and saving money. For many of us today is the return from a nice three day weekend thanks to it being the Memorial Day holiday here in the States yesterday…

Today we welcome back our normal Tuesday contributor, Catherine Alford!
Last week, we had such a good debate about who should pay for a wedding that I thought “Who Should Pay For A Date?” would be an equally relevant topic to chat about.
I admit; I didn’t have a lot of dating experience when I met my husband…

Mortgages obtained for a home purchase are seldom held for the entire term of the loan. Most homeowners will refinance the original loan at least once at some point during the term while some borrowers will refinance several times. Each homeowner’s decision for taking on a new mortgage is unique, although the final results of the refinance may come as a surprise…

It’s been a year since I started working at my new company role, and I realized I didn’t have my resume, or Linked In profile updated. So I spent a couple of hours Sunday night, updating my resume, Linked In profile, and searching online for some new job openings.

No, I’m not quitting my job, but, I think it’s important to be prepared…

Believe it or not: Tom Cruise set a personal goal to become the craziest person in Show Biz. Achieved!
Whether you’d like to believe it or not, I think that most people are generally pretty good about setting and completing goals. However, these “goals” that people are so good at don’t really deal with improving their finances, relationships, or physical fitness (ie, things that actually matter)…

Our patio…
Have you ever thought about buying a rental home and becoming a landlord? Maybe you are debating about whether you should sell your current house or rent it out, just like we are.
Last month I talked about whether or not we should pay off our house early. In this post, I talked about the advantages of paying off your home early and disadvantages to that as well…