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Subscribe: our RSS is back to full feed mode
Once again, our Syndication Feed is available in full feed mode. So if you’re in love with your Google Reader and don’t have time to visit a lot of sites, then RSS in full feed mode might be just the ticket! Subscribe here. Feel free to sign up for our newsletter while you’re at it.…
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Ten Money Questions for Chance Mitchell & Justin Nelson
Chance Mitchell and Justin Nelson are co-founders of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Since 2002, the NGLCC is the only national not-for-profit advocacy organization dedicated to expanding the economic opportunities and advancements of the LGBT business community. Chance and Justin provide a personal and professional perspective on the almighty dollar. Enjoy! 1.…
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WWYD: Profiting from the goodwill of others
It’s that time of year when I pull out the file to prepare for our tax appointment and I’m always amazed at the number of receipts in there from Goodwill donations. How do we accumulate so much junk? Years ago I vowed never to host another garage sale and now I donate everything and take…
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Plain Talk about Fancy Mortgages: Stick with old-fashioned 30-year fixed
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’¦ Plain Talk about Fancy Mortgages: Stick with old-fashioned 30-year fixed The word “candidate” derives from the word “candid”, and politicians running for office this…
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Countrywide suspending equity lines of credit
‘œIt is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.’ ‘“ Anatole France I’ve always kept a home equity line of credit (HELOC) on our house in Newport. Jeanine and I never access it. It’s there for catastrophic reasons (the HELOC would buy us more time…
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Ten Money Questions for Joani Blank
Joani Blank is the founder of Good Vibrations, the ground breaking sex toy store that she opened thirty years ago in the Bay Area. Today, she’s busy being passionate about her cohousing community and socially sustainable issues. Joani has a few radical ideas about money which includes giving away half (yes, half!) of her income…
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Financial Complexities of a Troupled Household
A trouple is a three way couple in a long-term relationship and they have financial challenges just like people who co-mingle finances in a traditional marriage or domestic partnership. Watch an episode of Big Love and you’ll see that money issues aren’t really that different when two, three or four adults are involved in a…
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Ten Money Questions for William Sledd
William Sledd is host of the ‘œAsk a Gay Man‘ webisodes on Bravo’s OUTzoneTV.com. William’s weekly vlogs tackle thorny fashion and pop culture topics and offer witty and irreverent advice about fashion and style issues. He admits that ‘œit just really bothers me when people look like crap.’ I asked William to respond with the…
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Buying Real Estate in 2008
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’¦ Insightful advice for leveraging this historic market to your own advantage. Although the champagne at the bottom of the bottle is still chilled from…
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Besting = Better Nesting for Boomers Buying Real Estate
‘œTo own a home.’ ‘“ The American Dream You can summarize Bob Waun’s new book, Besting, Better Nesting: The New American Dream in one quote: ‘œDownsizing is less about size, than about expectations, no one expects less in retirement.’ Waun has written the book about what Boomers want in retirement housing. It’s no secret that…
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