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Pay Off Your Home Mortgage Early! Pros And Cons Of Having A Paid For House

After having gone through several financial planning books and a financial planning class, one thing we’ve been considering doing for a while now is paying off our home early. There are a lot of pros and cons to paying off your home mortgage early, and today I thought we could examine what some of them are. […]

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How to save money on family vacations

Earlier this month, my little family of four embarked on a much-needed spring getaway to the Caribbean. I’m sure that doesn’t sound frugal at all, but rest assured that it was. After a year of planning and a whole lot of strategizing, we were able to book that particular trip for what amounted to a boatload of hotel loyalty points, a bunch of airline miles, and around $700.

I know that isn’t cheap by any means, but it was a good deal when you consider the fact that our trip price included round-trip airfare for four, a six-night hotel stay at an all-inclusive resort, transportation, and tips. Pretty sweet.

Still, this whole travel-with-kids-on-a-budget thing is getting infinitely more difficult. We used to be able to travel anytime — off-peak, off-season, and last-minute. But now that my oldest daughter is in school, we are stuck planning our budget travel for the school breaks that take place during spring, fall, winter, and summer. Needless to say, the school schedule sure does throw a wrench into my plans.

Great News! Dog Ownership is Optional!

If you were to show up and gaze down on our planet as an outsider, you could easily get the impression that Dogs run the place, and we Humans exist only to serve their needs. We provide them with shelter, transportation, medical care and even grooming, in most cases going further into personal debt to […]

Earthships: Built to Stand Alone

These self-sustaining, eco-friendly, off-the-grid homes will blow your mind.

Can You Rent Your House if You Have a VA Loan?

VA loans finance primary residences and not rental properties. So what happens when you get deployed or retire and decide to move? Do you have to sell your VA-financed home […]

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The Debt Ceiling Crisis and 8 Ways to Prepare for Possible Fallout

Before you panic, get informed. Here’s what you must know about the debt ceiling and what you can do in a worst-case scenario.

Peer to Peer Lending: Loving Your Neighbor With Your IRA

After World War II, the United States was in a place of tumult. Despite a courageous victory over the Axis powers overseas, the nation was still suffering from all sorts of problems at home. One of the largest of these dilemmas was the presence of poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio. In the early 1950s, the […]

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