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Track Your Personal Finance Account Mix

Kevin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:00:57 +0000

How complicated have your finances become? How many various accounts do you have open: checking, savings, certificates of deposit, rewards credit cards, student loans, 401ks, IRAs… the list could go on and on. I’ve never been one to shy away from an additional account. At the same time I don’t want to juggle several savings [...]

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The Way is Tough But There is Help

Kevin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:30:17 +0000

Drew Crawford is a software engineer in Birmingham, AL.Â He has taken a special interest in online personal finance tools, as evidenced by a series in process at his personal blog.Â He’s been a Buxfer user for a year and a half but continues to search for his favorite tool. Whether you are up to [...]

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What is UPromise?

Kevin — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:08:55 +0000

I see it on the grocery carts and in store windows. I see it advertised in magazines and mentioned on blogs. But what is it? What is upromise.com? I decided to dig in a little bit and see what this mysterious program/company can do for me. Here’s how it works, straight from UPromise: Participating companies [...]

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Budgeting Tools

Kevin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:45:17 +0000

You’ve decided you want to budget, but have no idea where to get started. Here’s a handy list of some tools you can use. Free, Not Online: Microsoft Excel (or other spreadsheet software such as OpenOffice) Paper Envelopes Software ($) Quicken Microsoft Money Online (free and $): Mint You Need a Budget ($) Wasabe Yodlee [...]

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The No Debt Plan: Pre-Step #1: An Honest, Positive Attitude

Kevin — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:15:45 +0000

This post kicks off a series that will develop my plan for getting you out of debt. This may seem an odd topic for me to tackle; the only debt we hold are student loans that are in deferral. Yet I have read, seen, and heard the damage debt can do to individuals and couples. [...]

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What Accounts We Use

Kevin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:08:17 +0000

In part of a full disclosure effort, I thought I should share what accounts I use and for what purposes. Checking (for paper checks): Regions Bank This is used only for expenses that must have a paper check that cannot be done via ING’s electronic checking; examples: tithing to church. Interest rate: 0% (free checking, [...]

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