Archive for February, 2010

• Life Insurance – Part 1 – How It Should Be Used For A New Family
  IRON100, February 28th, 2010 at 3:15 am, Comments: 0

  It is my contention that one should keep these insurance costs to the lowest possible level consistent with the need to cover these assets, and then to save and invest the rest

• Whuddya Mean No Blog Post On Friday? — Traveling Back (Left My Notes On Pad And Not On PC) – Will Post Sunday and Wednesday
  IRON100, February 26th, 2010 at 1:01 am, Comments: 0

  Just when you think we gathered momentum, one now thinks that we've all adandoned ship. That is certainly NOT the case readers. I am at a software conference this week, and though I had planned to put the notes up in Word, I left them on the notepad at home. Even though I can access my [...]

• No Blog Post This Thursday and Next
  barrieabalard, February 25th, 2010 at 12:01 am, Comments: 0

  I'm sorry, but because of family and other obligations, there will be no blog post from me today (Feb. 25) and next Thursday (Mar. 4). Catch me again on Thursday, March 11.

• How To Use Credit Card Bonus Points To Your Best Advantage
  IRON100, February 19th, 2010 at 1:25 am, Comments: 0

  If you can't handle credit, you can't handle bonus rewards. Let's just face that right up front. But if you can, there are really nice benefits to be had.

• Free Federal Tax Help
  barrieabalard, February 18th, 2010 at 12:01 am, Comments: 0

  Haven’t done your taxes yet?
  Me, neither.
  The large snowfalls have delayed my annual scan of my records for anything I might have missed regarding deductions for my business(es) and for our personal returns. Of course, I double-check my income, too, which comes from many sources, some of which do not send 1099 forms. We use and [...]

• From the DieBrokeBlog Reality Show Files – How IRON100 Saved What Could Have Been A Total Personal Finance Disaster And Made It A Minor Inconvenience
  IRON100, February 12th, 2010 at 1:12 am, Comments: 0

  How would I recover all of my data records, tax records, and travel information for a flight this weekend?

• Ways to Make Extra Money Without a Job, Part Two
  barrieabalard, February 11th, 2010 at 12:01 am, Comments: 0

  One way to make money that I mistakenly left off the “under $100” list last week is selling stuff on Etsy.com. If you are artistic or can make sweets, Etsy has a place for you. Their charges are similar to eBay’s, and on Etsy, remember, presentation is everything. It must look nice down to the smallest detail [...]

• Rolodex: Your Last Asset or Your Best Asset?
  tamelarich, February 10th, 2010 at 6:07 am, Comments: 0

  When I liquidated my industrial and environmental cleaning business I kept my customer list. While all my competitors claimed they wanted it, none wanted to pay me for it outright. I got lots of "earn out" proposals that promised to pay me a commission each time they did work for my clients, but I didn't [...]

• And The Final Twist (For Now) on Non-Traditional Assets Within IRAs: What Does One Do With a Master Limited Partnership In An IRA?
  IRON100, February 5th, 2010 at 1:05 am, Comments: 0

  What I just discussed abovee was a simple partnership that two substantial IRAs did to manage real estate. An MLP is divided into individual units of ownership. They are legally allowed by the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to distribute their income as return of capital and as such is ALREADY tax deferred.

• Ways to Make Extra Money Without a Job, Part One
  barrieabalard, February 4th, 2010 at 12:01 am, Comments: 0

  I spent a fair amount of time in the past week researching ways to make money when you don’t have, or don’t want, a permanent, full-time job. You might be retired (forcibly or not); you might be a stay-at-home parent looking to fill in the gaps around the main breadwinner’s income; or you might live [...]