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Personal Finance By The Book

Five Steps Toward Automating Your Way to Wealth

September 1, 2010 by Joe Plemon 22 Comments

5 Steps Toward Automating Your Way to Wealth

Will power just doesn’t get the job done. Sure, on a day when you are feeling particularly noble you might set aside an extra $50 in your savings account or pay an extra $25 on that credit card debt. But, if you are like most of us, starting a plan and sticking with it gives […]

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How to Successfully Budget For an Irregular Income

August 23, 2010 by Joe Plemon 17 Comments

How to Successfully Budget for an Irregular Income

Budgeting is difficult enough when your income is the same each month, but that difficulty escalates when the income fluctuates. Don’t despair…you CAN learn how to budget for an irregular income by following five simple steps.

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You CAN Afford That Baby – 10 Money Saving Tips

August 9, 2010 by Joe Plemon 22 Comments

You have read those cost projections for raising children. MSN, back in 2001 projected a cost of $249,180 (over $350,000 in 2010 dollars) for a family with a $65,800 or greater income. The Baby Center web site tells us the cost of raising a child from baby to adulthood is $266,698. The Wall Street Journal […]

Filed Under: Budgeting, Dollars and Sense, Insurance, Life Planning, Retirement

How to Pay Off Your House (and everything else) Early

June 14, 2010 by Joe Plemon 21 Comments

How to Pay Off Your House and Everything Else Early

“It seems like we will be making house payments forever. We owe $140,000 at 6% interest and are paying $1000 a month. How much sooner could we pay off our mortgage early if we started paying an extra $100 a month?”The above is a hypothetical question, but it could be you. There are two answers: […]

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How We Vacation For $500

June 4, 2010 by Joe Plemon 27 Comments

A great vacation should allow you to get away, relax and have fun. For me (and I assume for you), relaxing and having fun is impossible if it isn’t affordable. This post will share some tips that Jan and I have used over the years and will conclude with the breakdown of our upcoming $500 […]

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