Author: Nina
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Queercents seeking writers
Queercents is always looking for a few more writers to expand the voice of our community. We can’t promise fame and fortune but you’ll have a lot of fans with tens of thousands of page views each month. These are the requirements: Interested in money. (Although you won’t be making any with this gig —…
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Ten Money Questions for Andrew Makay
Andrew Makay is the owner and designer of N2N Bodywear, a line of sensual underwear, swimwear, and bodywear for men. While the majority of new businesses shut down within the first few years of operation, Andrew has been successfully playing with spandex for over a decade. He’s a maverick and risk-taker making threads in Los…
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New Jumbo Loans Mean Jumbo Real Estate Opportunities
This is a guest post from Jeff Hammerberg, the founder of GayRealEstate.com, the largest company in the nation representing the rights of queer home buyers and sellers. These are his words’¦ For months, real estate insiders have heard rumors that the nations biggest sources of residential loans, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, would soon be…
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Financial Infidelity: Do Money Secrets Undermine a Relationship?
‘œA half truth is a whole lie.’ ‘“ Yiddish Proverb Anyone remember the story about Kathy Griffin’s husband sneaking into her wallet, taking her ATM cards and withdrawing money from accounts without her knowledge? The guy is now her ex-husband. According to a Harris Interactive survey, twenty-four percent of all those currently in a relationship…
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Ten Money Questions for Matthew Linden
Is pink the new green? You betcha! And at the forefront of this movement is Matthew Linden, the gay Co-founder of ConsciousBuild, a California creator of custom environmentally-friendly luxury homes. His high-end projects are constructed using reusable, renewable and recyclable products with minimal impact on the environment. Of course, these days we can’t mention housing…
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Citibank Freezes Home Equity Lines of Credit
‘œRemember that credit is money.’ ‘“ Benjamin Franklin As many readers know, I’m a proponent of keeping an untapped home equity line of credit (HELOC) at my disposal for major emergencies. This isn’t my emergency fund. It’s what I call my catastrophe fund. I’ve always believed that keeping a HELOC readily available is the best…
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Shop Locally: Independent Businesses vs. Big-Box Stores
Rhea Becker is a Boston-based journalist and blogs at The Boomer Chronicles, a fantastic site for baby boomers. She employs humor (e.g. ‘œDoes this blog make me look fat?’) and other commentary about life on the verge of fifty (check out her five-part series on Aging and Our Senses). She’s written a guest post for…
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Funds to Form a Family: Adoption process begins. And so does the check writing.
‘œHowever motherhood comes to you, it’s a miracle.’ ‘“ Valerie Harper, adoptive parent There’s a saying that, ‘œLove makes a family.’ Money sometimes makes a family on top of all that love. Or at least a deposit of $4,000 begins the process. Technically, it’s labeled a ‘œretainer’ and we wrote the check on Saturday morning…
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Ten Money Questions for Dr. Susan Love
When Olivia’s ‘œCruise for Our Cause‘ heads to the Caribbean on March 30, 2008 it will be the first cruise experience dedicated to breast cancer, women’s health awareness and research funding. So it’s timely that we catch up with Dr. Susan Love, President and Medical Director of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. Her name…
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How to save money on your prescription medications.
‘œHealth care is a ‘˜luxury good”. ‘“ Charles Wheelan, Ph.D. Here’s the health care hint of the week: use a pill splitter. This tip and others courtesy of RN Central’s post on how to: Get Better, Cheaper Health Care without Insurance (25 Tips, Tricks and Resources). It’s actually a pretty comprehensive list of ideas and…
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