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From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 11, 2020 at 10:04 pm ET
TIPS FOR SELLING YOUR HOME USING AN AGENT
The traditional way to buy or sell a home is with an agent. The agent is there to facilitate the process and to offer advice if needed. They make suggestions but it is the seller who has the ultimate say in how the selling plan is to be [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 5, 2020 at 10:03 pm ET
This is part 3 of the Smart Money Daily “Selling Your Home” series. We’ve covered so far:
Selling Your Home Series - Part 1 - FSBO
Selling Your Home Series - Part 2 - FSBO Tips
Selling Your Home Series - Part 2b - More FSBO Tips
And now we’re ready to get into the art of hiring a [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 30, 2020 at 10:03 pm ET
This is the third part in our “Selling Your Home Series” and just to complicate things I’ve called in number 2b. It is a continuation of For Sale by Owner tips. In the previous article I covered getting ready to sell and advertising tips and in this edition we’ll tackle showing your home in a [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 25, 2020 at 10:01 pm ET
In the first part of our home selling series, we discussed the pros and cons of selling your own home yourself, better known as For Sale by Owner selling. In this section we’ll begin to look at some tips for selling your home without the aide of a real estate agent. As with any do [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 18, 2020 at 3:00 am ET
In this crazy real estate market, almost from the first day we moved in, my wife and I started thinking of when we would sell our condo and how we would go about it. One of the greatest joys in life is to purchase that first home. It can be seen as a sign of [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 11, 2020 at 12:00 pm ET
A couple years ago when I discovered my credit score had been damaged by errors and from being an identity theft victim, I was tempted to get help from a “credit repair” company to repair my credit. You’ve seen the ads making all kinds of wild claims. Since I figured my case wasn’t too extreme, [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 8, 2020 at 11:28 pm ET
Some fancy Mclovin links for this week from posts that I enjoyed
8 Easily Avoidable Causes of Business Debt
As an emerging entrepreneur, it is very easy to quickly accumulate debts that are substantial enough to kill your burgeoning business before it even gets off the ground. But it does not have to be that way. Take [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 4, 2021 at 7:05 pm ET
Your FICO score can affect a lot of aspects of your life: everything from your chance having a decent retirement fund, to ability to get a job or find a place to live. Until a couple of years ago there wasn’t much known about the magical FICO number, but now information and mis-information is everywhere. [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 1, 2021 at 12:48 pm ET
Spring is here and your air conditioner will be running full blast before you know it. Everyone is feeling the pain of rising energy costs each summer, so it’s best to prepare for the spike in your bills beforehand. Luckily, there are little tricks for keeping your air conditioning costs down. Here are seven [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 27, 2021 at 12:04 am ET
The Carnival of Personal Finance was hosted at Million Dollar Journey, so here we go with Smart Money Daily’s contractual obligation post of links to the best of this week’s carnival.
I enjoyed this post: Technical Analysis: Three most important rules you must know. A brief summary of the thinking behind technical analysis of the [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 21, 2021 at 3:53 pm ET
When I was turned down for a routine personal loan, which I should have easily qualified for, I discovered by accident that I had a low credit score. To make a long story short and sweet, I discovered a serious error in my credit report that had caused a huge reduction in my credit [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 20, 2021 at 11:29 pm ET
The latest UK 20 pound noteincludes some fun holograms.
Weekly Link Personal Finance Link Roundup
SmartyPig is a simple, smart, fun way to save for a specific goal. Using groundbreaking technology and the latest in security standards, SmartyPig allows you to invite family and friends to contribute to your account, gives you additional incentive boosts from [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 15, 2021 at 1:59 am ET
You’ve seen the ads everywhere for “free credit scores” but you click and you click and never seem to track down this illusive creature.
While there are still believers and some sketchy photographic evidence of the Sasquatch and Loch Ness Monster, I’m sorry to say that free credit scores are largely a marketing ploy and [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 12, 2021 at 3:54 pm ET
A simple system to make you think before you reach for that credit card.
For more personal finance articles, you may also want to check out Guy Kawasaki’s newest venture called AllTop.com.
Budget tip picture by Jeff Keen. ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 7, 2021 at 7:22 pm ET
You know how you always feel a little uneasy going through airport security, even though you know you didn’t do anything and there isn’t really any possible why that you could be guilty of any of the myriad of crimes they are attempting to detect?
Well, not so fast…your wallet may just contain enough coke [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 3, 2021 at 7:42 pm ET
A few links to share from worthwhile posts in the personal finance blogosphere.
Check out The Open Source Online Finance Guide: 50+ Freeware Online Tools to Manage Your Money free is good… courtesy of The Smart Shopper. It’s a comprehensive list of tools to make managing your finances easier, that are all available free.
Another blog [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 26, 2021 at 10:28 pm ET
There are five primary factors that account for the magical credit score which determines you acceptance or rejection for most loans or credit cards, and strongly influences the interest rates or total cost for you to borrow the funds.
The following is a very basic overview of the five most important factors in determining your credit [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 18, 2021 at 1:14 pm ET
Buying foreclosed real estate at auction is becoming more lucrative in recent months, but there are many things about the process that buyers should understand before they walk into the fire. It’s not quite as simple as just going into an auction and bid on a home. There is a laundry list of things that [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 14, 2021 at 12:28 am ET
No two things go better together, in my mind at least, than love and money so with that in mind let’s take a peak into the personal finance blogosphere and see where the best money making & saving tips are hiding.
First up is the Carnival of Personal finance edition #139 (wow, makes me [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 10, 2021 at 1:14 pm ET
The Specifics of Buying Foreclosed Homes
Read Buying Foreclosed Homes: Part one
With the current sub-prime crisis and the real estate market still somewhat in flux, the opportunity exists for people to take advantage of low prices associated with foreclosures. It’s certainly unfortunate that foreclosures are increasing. But at the same time, it does present an opportunity [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 8, 2021 at 11:31 am ET
We can only hope that the housing crisis ends soon. Its causing good families to lose their homes, and the houses and condos they worked so hard to buy and keep.
The reality is, because of the current housing slump and credit crisis, many more foreclosed and could soon be foreclosed houses are being sold [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 4, 2021 at 7:12 pm ET
A great article
There are few instances where I actually agree with a website on quick, pointed financial advice, but I have finally found one that seems to know exactly what it is doing. Heading into the new year, MyMoneyBlog.com’s “2008 Financial Jump-Start Checklist” is one of the most well informed bits of advice for people [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 1, 2021 at 7:21 pm ET
“The New Barometer” is Painfully Funny, Unfortunately True
Richard Browning’s new article, “The New Barometer of High Street Misery” is an absolutely entertaining and thought provoking piece that I had to read this week when I happened upon it. Browning is as sarcastic as they come, but don’t tell him that. His message is all [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 28, 2021 at 7:17 pm ET
I recently ran across an article on the internet entitled Taxes: How Low (Or High) Can they Go? and couldn’t help but take a step back and laugh a little bit. This very simplistic take on a highly involved issue was so rudimentary that it was almost mind boggling.
In the article, the author takes [...] ... ( more)
From Smart Money Daily - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 25, 2021 at 5:48 pm ET
The trend is towards more advertising going to online ads every year
Long standing marketing techniques seem to be going the way of the dinosaur, so to speak. The ever changing business world seems to have taken a turn again. For decades, businesses depended upon word of mouth to get their product in the mind of [...] ... ( more)
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