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All About Car Loans

December 26, 2016 / J. Jones, Staff Writer Auto loan debt is soaring among households worldwide. According to one study, in the United States alone, in 2015, the average household had $132,158 in credit...

5 Side Gigs to Earn Some Extra Cash

December 6, 2016 / Staff Writer Anyone who is working a day or full time job knows it is still a tad bit difficult to make ends meet at times. You have to give...

What’s wrong with using insurance as an investment? 0

What’s wrong with using insurance as an investment?

Need new content here It is a very costly way to invest. There’s the cost of the insurance protection itself – which, by the way, is usually more expensive than what you would pay...

Just 1% of mutual funds are positive in 2016 – CNBC.com

Just 1% of mutual funds are positive in 2016 – CNBC.com

What is Lorem Ipsum? Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took...

Pick Your Team of Budget Directors

Sara Colley / October 8, 2016 Primary Wage Earner If you are a single person, you needn’t worry about asking anyone else to contribute to your budget plan. However, you may want input from...

Non-Negotiable Budget Categories

Sara Colley / October 7, 2016 Non-Negotiable Budget Categories Some expenses you will not be able to easily change. It is important, therefore, to get your initial budget numbers right in these categories, or...

Cutting Utilities

Cutting Utilities

Sara Colley / September 24, 2016 Cutting Expenses, Continued Utilities When most folks think of utilities they think they can’t possibly cut back anywhere.  You’d be surprised. Cable / Television The first place to...

Groceries and Home Supplies

Groceries and Home Supplies This is a tricky category for cutting expenses, because you can’t really cut back on food, and you might end up spending more on this category if you cut back...

Automobile

Next we’ll look at your automobile expenses, because for many folks it’s an opportunity to make fast progress with big reductions in spending. We all like shiny new cars that shout out to the...

Entertainment

We’re going to attack entertainment next. This may not be your second, third or even fourth largest category, but for most folks it is a category where the potential for cutting back is very...

Americans owe nearly $1.3 trillion in student loan debt

Americans owe nearly $1.3 trillion in student loan debt

Add new post here…Add new post here…Add new post here…Add new post here…Add new post here… VISIT STUDENT LOAN HERO SITE General student loan debt facts First, let’s start with a general picture of...

How to Create a Successful Family Budget

Are you ready to live with a successful family budget? Since you clicked on this link, it’s likely you’ve at least asked yourself that question. Family budgets, however, are hard to make and harder...

Side Gig One – Fincon

There are a lot of factors that go into answering this question. Example: you may have a real estate agent who works for a real estate broker and makes only 60% of a 3%...

The Next Housing Crisis?

More and more of my clients are asking me “Are we at the top of the market?”  It’s a good question.  An even better question is why they think I would know any better...

How to pay your off your debts fast.

By guest blogger Craig Dewe How To Pay Off Debt Fast Using The Stack Method Whether it’s consumer debt on credit cards, student loans or a mortgage, most people find themselves weighed down by...

The Loan Guide: How to Get the Best Possible Mortgage. Book available on Amazon

The Loan Guide: How to Get the Best Possible Mortgage. Book available on Amazon

About the Author Casey Fleming began his career in the mortgage industry in 1979 as an appraiser. He founded and built one of the largest appraisal firms in the San Francisco Bay Area, earned...

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The Mortgage Money Pool

3/13/2017 | Casey Fleming Do you wonder where the money comes from that you borrow when you get a mortgage?  Does it matter if you understand the industry and know who is the mortgage...