No Debt Plan » Protect Yourself http://www.nodebtplan.net A personal finance blog teaching you how to live debt free and use credit wisely. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Protect Yourself: Never Allow Uninvited Strangers In Your Homehttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/10/18/protect-yourself-never-allow-uninvited-strangers-in-your-home/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protect-yourself-never-allow-uninvited-strangers-in-your-home http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/10/18/protect-yourself-never-allow-uninvited-strangers-in-your-home/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:00:44 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=4836 I had an odd experience recently that will hopefully serve as a valuable lesson to my readers. I should first note that we’re trying to sell our home. Big sign in the front yard, trying to get as many qualified showings as possible… all that jazz that’s a pain in the rear (and fodder for [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/10/18/protect-yourself-never-allow-uninvited-strangers-in-your-home/feed/ 14 Dumb Money: Telling the Internet You’re Not Homehttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/09/23/dumb-money-telling-the-internet-youre-not-home/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dumb-money-telling-the-internet-youre-not-home http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/09/23/dumb-money-telling-the-internet-youre-not-home/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:00:10 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=4810 Being robbed is no laughing matter. Having your home broken into leaves you with a great sense of violation, or so I’m told. It can take weeks or months to get over. Short story: a few months after my wife and I moved into our brand new home we thought someone was trying to rob [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/09/23/dumb-money-telling-the-internet-youre-not-home/feed/ 5 Are Your Passwords Putting You at Financial Risk?http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/05/25/are-your-passwords-putting-you-at-financial-risk/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-your-passwords-putting-you-at-financial-risk http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/05/25/are-your-passwords-putting-you-at-financial-risk/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 14:06:28 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=4742 My PayPal account was hacked last week. Thankfully PayPal’s customer service stepped up to the plate and handled everything for me. In my last post I mentioned four steps to take if your PayPal account is hacked. I walked through the first three steps: first panic because it is natural, then dispute the charge online, [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/05/25/are-your-passwords-putting-you-at-financial-risk/feed/ 5 What To Do If Your PayPal Account is Hackedhttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/05/19/what-to-do-if-your-paypal-account-is-hacked/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-to-do-if-your-paypal-account-is-hacked http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/05/19/what-to-do-if-your-paypal-account-is-hacked/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 11:00:08 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=4726 I woke up to a startling scenario on Sunday. At some point in the middle of the night I had received a PayPal payment for $160 from someone I didn’t know. A few minutes after that a charge for $125 appeared on my account from an online gaming company. I read the e-mail alerts showing [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/05/19/what-to-do-if-your-paypal-account-is-hacked/feed/ 6 Three Tips to Protect Yourself from Bank Failurehttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/04/05/how-to-protect-yourself-from-bank-failure/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-protect-yourself-from-bank-failure http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/04/05/how-to-protect-yourself-from-bank-failure/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:00:44 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=4644 In my last post I showed you how to check your bank’s health with two different rating systems. Hopefully your bank is in great shape and has a high rating. But what do you do if it is rated poorly? How to Protect Yourself from Bank Failure If your bank doesn’t have the best rating [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/04/05/how-to-protect-yourself-from-bank-failure/feed/ 3 The Perfect Day to Do An Insurance Documentation Walkthroughhttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/12/27/the-perfect-day-to-do-an-insurance-documentation-walkthrough/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-perfect-day-to-do-an-insurance-documentation-walkthrough http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/12/27/the-perfect-day-to-do-an-insurance-documentation-walkthrough/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:30:06 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=1425 It’s the weekend after Christmas. Your home is likely full of new stuff. Gifts for the kids, gifts for each other. Random packages sent to you from distant relatives. If you are smart you’ve done a home inventory in the past. Now all of this new stuff is not in that documentation. It’s time for [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/12/27/the-perfect-day-to-do-an-insurance-documentation-walkthrough/feed/ 1 Creating Your Home Inventory Documentationhttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/07/25/creating-your-home-inventory-documentation/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creating-your-home-inventory-documentation http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/07/25/creating-your-home-inventory-documentation/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:00:45 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=340 (Photo: Hipster PDA) Earlier this week I gave you five easy steps to documenting everything you own in case disaster strikes. Step four in that process is creating extra paper or electronic documentation on top of just taking photos or a video. I’m going to walk you through how to do that today. Tools to [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/07/25/creating-your-home-inventory-documentation/feed/ 2 Protect Yourself: 5 Easy Steps to a Complete Home Inventoryhttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/07/23/protect-yourself-5-easy-steps-to-a-complete-home-inventory/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protect-yourself-5-easy-steps-to-a-complete-home-inventory http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/07/23/protect-yourself-5-easy-steps-to-a-complete-home-inventory/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:32 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=222 Last year my wife and I were sitting in our apartment cooking dinner and waiting on a friend to come over and join us. We were making some awesome lasagna and just enjoying being newlyweds. We kept hearing some loud noises outside and for those of us that have lived in apartment complexes that was [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/07/23/protect-yourself-5-easy-steps-to-a-complete-home-inventory/feed/ 7 Protect Yourself: The Importance of Disability Insurancehttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/04/11/protect-yourself-the-importance-of-disability-insurance/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protect-yourself-the-importance-of-disability-insurance http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/04/11/protect-yourself-the-importance-of-disability-insurance/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:00:15 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=135 A major focus for many families during financial planning is life insurance. The loss of one spouse in a two-income family can be financially and emotionally devastating. This is very, very true. However, a lot of people forget or ignore disability insurance which can be just as crucial. (Photo by bravenewtraveler.) The simple face is [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/04/11/protect-yourself-the-importance-of-disability-insurance/feed/ 4 Protect Yourself: Buy a Shredderhttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/02/29/protect-yourself-buy-a-shredder/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protect-yourself-buy-a-shredder http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/02/29/protect-yourself-buy-a-shredder/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:00:44 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/02/29/protect-yourself-buy-a-shredder/ There was a discussion over at the GRS forums that made me want to write this. What do you do with all of those bank and credit card statements that come to your house? Throwing them in the trash is asking for trouble. Identity thieves could steal your information and then you’ve got a whole [...]

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