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Are Pets Worth the Price?
“If dogs could talk, it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.” — Andy Rooney When I first met my partner, we both had our “deal breaker” issues about getting involved in a long term relationship. She wanted children and needed to know upfront if her prospective mate would be up…
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The Almost Debt Free Approach to Student Loan Debt Reduction vs. Investing vs. Savings
“After today, the fortune fan will find you… look out, after today.“- David Bowie Last week I wrote about confronting your net worth, which hopefully wasn’t too disheartening an experience. If you’re a negative or low net worth person, I’m in the same boat. At this moment, my net worth hovers around $2,000- the positive…
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Renting Your Vacation Home
Are you one of the lucky people who own a vacation home? With the current economy, you may find yourself strapped for cash. Consider renting your getaway spot for extra income. But don’t forget–that income may be taxable. Here’s a quick tax guide to help break down the details. If you rent out your second…
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Controlling Investment Risks
Laurie Flynn is a Financial Advisor with Smith Barney and is a supporter of Queercents. She offered to write a few posts over the next couple of weeks on the topic of investing. These are her words… Controlling Investment Risks: The word “risk” is not something that conjures up a pleasant image in the minds…
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25 Ways to Live on Less
Let’s start a wave of information – What are 25 different ways you save money? Whether it is daily or once in your lifetime, either jot it down in the comments or post to your own blog and link to it in the comments. It is always good to take a step back and see…
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Brazen Careerist Lesson #4: Manage personal life
“Although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity, intellect and resources to do some thing about them.” — Henry Ford In Brazen Careerist, Penelope Trunk states that if you’re a mess at home it going to show at work. Under the heading “Manage Your Personal Life” she writes, “You’re kidding yourself if…
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Sleeping with Money: Our First Big Money Fight
“Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.” — Barbara De Angelis It’s rare that Jeanine and I ever have a serious argument. It’s even more unusual when the squabble is about money. We typically see eye-to-eye on finances and even though our money styles differ, our overall philosophy is the same. When…
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Career & Money – Part 9: Re-pot, Re-invent, Re-visit
Once you land a job or start your business, the game is over, right? You’ll be happy and content forever and you’ll never need the tips and techniques from this series again; “Happily Ever After” in career land. Ahhhh, that feels good. Now, snap out of it. Unless you’re living in a Disney movie, you…
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Career-Related and Queer-Related News Clipping
Sexual harassment or discrimination of any kind on the job can be a devastating event both emotionally and financially. This kind of emergency is among those that an emergency fund is useful for. A few weeks ago I clipped a news story from Human Resource Executive Online that discussed a topic I follow for my…
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