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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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Lame: Impending Economic Doom, Having To Be Financially Sensible
I bought gas this evening–a pretty rare event for me. I rely heavily on public transportation, so I only need to fill up my car every five or six weeks. The Sunoco station has little TVs playing the news above each pump, presumably to distract you from the astronomical amount of money you’re dropping on…
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Reducing Pet Costs: How to Save Money on Pet Food
I just got my very first pet four months ago; a pregnant tabby me and my partner, Grace, rescued from the roof adjacent to our apartment. Soon after, she had kittens and we ended up keeping one- his picture is to the right. Having never had a pet as a child (my parents are very,…
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Černý: Consumerism and Content
Today in Prague, I went on a David ÄŒerný sculpture hunt. My first sighting of the Czech sculptor’s work and probably the most visible of all of his publicly displayed and acknowledged works was the arrangement of giant babies with coin slots for faces affixed to the city’s TV tower. My Lonely Planet guide describes…
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Tax Tidbit #12: Avoid Common Tax Return Errors
The countdown to April 15th is underway. As we rush to complete our returns common errors are inevitable. A few extra minutes proofing your return can be invaluable. Todays Tax Tidbit discusses how to avoid typical tax return blunders. 1. Use correct social security numbers. Nowadays we commonly use our Social Security number for identification.…
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Worthwhile Pursuit in Tailored Recommendations and Fun Personal Finance?
I had the pleasure of meeting some of the top personal finance bloggers (see acknowledgments below) this past Friday at a forum organized by the folks at NetworthIQ, Expensr and MyStrands who are teaming up to develop a personal finance tool for Web 2.0. I’m a tough sell customer on everything, from products costing pennies…
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Making Money from Your Old Hobbies
I love comics and I don’t buy them anymore, but I used to have old X-men, Captain America, Batman, etc. And though I loved to read comic books, to actually own them was a different mentality. Reading involved a moment of enjoyment and escape for me and I would picture myself in among the characters,…
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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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Money Moments on Oprah’s Big Give: Episode 4 – Miami
Sorry for the delay in getting this posted, I’ve been drowning in taxes, thank goodness for my DVR. I have to say, now that we are 4 episodes into this show, I’m pretty disappointed. The judges seem to be mere celebrities, or maybe just Oprah’s friends. I would rather have known philanthropists or…
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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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