From the monthly archives:

June 2009

When DIY has No ROI: Diary of a DIYaholic

June 28, 2009

I’ll be honest this is going to be a semi-painful tell-all of DIY projects gone awry of yours truly.  When presented with the option to pay a professional $100 to complete something for me when I could only spend $20 if I did it myself, I’ll pick the latter option most every time.  Well that’s [...]

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Week in Review: Post Lawn Mowing Roundup

June 27, 2009

I’m sitting in my backyard after a strenuous 2 hours in the hot sun weed whacking and mowing. Time to take a break with a nice cold Coca-Cola and highlight some of the bright spots in the Personal Finance world this week.

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12 Ways to Fail Your Job Interview

June 25, 2009

During my time in management I have had the opportunity to hire many people which means I’ve interviewed over 50 people both for my positions and for fellow managers. It was one of my favorite parts of the job getting to meet new people, learn their motivations and in many cases learn what not to do. So without further adieu 12 sure fire ways to fail your job interview.

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Manage Your Passwords and Protect Your Identity

June 25, 2009

If you are like any average computer user you’ll have to manage usernames and passwords for dozens of Internet sites, computer domains, voicemail, telephone banking and odds are you’ll use the same information for all of them. Not only does this increase the likelihood that your password will fall into the wrong hands, it leaves you [...]

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Calculate the True Cost of Debt

June 22, 2009

As my wife and I head towards debt freedom working through our debt snowball I use a variety of methods to keep us motivated. For me that has included looking at what our debt is costing us as it relates to our future. It’s simple, every dollar you spend on interest to your lender is money that could be working for you.

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Here's to You Dad aka Mole Hunter

June 19, 2009

In honor of Father’s Day I wanted to take some time out to talk about my dad Rod. Now there are dozens of stories I could tell including some old favorites involving broken toes. Such as the time when the riding lawn mower fell off the back of the truck onto dad’s bare feet. Or the time [...]

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Frugal Fix: Revive your Cell Phone or Electronic Devices from Water Damage

June 18, 2009

If you are like me you have dropped your fair share of cell phones, pagers, ipod’s, gameboy’s and camera’s in various bodies of water. Come on who hasn’t had a pager ride your belt right into the urinal? Okay maybe that was just me. Over the years I have polished some techniques for reviving these electronic items resulting in a fair survival rate.

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Zero Based Budget Part 3 The New Beginning

June 17, 2009

Welcome back to our conversation regarding Zero Based Budgeting.  This will conclude our series and we’ll cover some of the tools you can leverage to help you with your budgeting life. I personally use You Need a Budget and it has helped immeasurably to keep our family on the same page with our finances and [...]

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Zero Based Budget System Part 2

June 14, 2009

In part 1 of our series we talked about the high level aspects of budgeting, let’s get under the hood a little more and look at some real world examples and tools for making your life infinitely easier. But first I would like to talk a minute about communication. ”Dude FiscalGeek what’s your problem, give me the [...]

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A Zero Based Budgeting System

June 11, 2009
Zero Based Budgeting

I honestly believe if you could pick only one personal finance tool to take with you on a desert island it would be the zero based budget. Why would you need a budget on a desert island? I don’t have time for these ridiculous questions. We’ve got some learning to do. There is tremendous power in budgeting, glamorous no, empowering, yes!

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