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11 Ways to Cope With High Gasoline Prices

September 19, 2011 by Joe Plemon 7 Comments

Eleven Ways to Cope with High Gasoline Prices

If you have been waiting for gasoline prices to go back down, you may be in for a long wait.  It seems that higher gasoline prices are here to stay, so instead of passively hoping for them to go back down, it is time to be proactively cope with them.  These tips will help.

Filed Under: Dollars and Sense

Your Emergency Fund is for More Than Emergencies

September 5, 2011 by Joe Plemon 5 Comments

Homer and Tricia (fictitious names) were doing well. Or so it seemed. Homer had a good paying government job and Tricia was self employed. They had a mortgage on a nice house and were making payments on a nearly new car. They carried credit card debt, but “so does everyone”, they reasoned. Then the unexpected […]

Filed Under: Dollars and Sense, Insurance

Co-signing for Your Spouse – Something to Think Twice About

August 10, 2011 by Joe Plemon 12 Comments

I discourage co-signing for two reasons: it doesn’t help the one who is making the request and it invites trouble in the relationship. The reason someone needs a co-signer is because the potential lender has determined that this particular borrower is not a good risk. Therefore, the best way to help this borrower face the […]

Filed Under: Debt, Dollars and Sense, Family

Buying Quality vs. Buying Cheap

August 8, 2011 by Tim 7 Comments

I hate it when things break, don’t you?  Maybe you can relate to what happened to me last week.  We just finished moving into our new place and unpacked our appliances.  Now before I share about the great appliance mishap, let me preface quickly. We couldn’t take the microwave from our old apartment because it […]

Filed Under: Case Studies, Dollars and Sense

Johnny Appleseed: An Unlikely Entrepreneur

August 1, 2011 by Joe Plemon 13 Comments

Johnny Appleseed was born John Chapman on September 26, 1774. He was an American pioneer nurseryman and missionary who became an American legend while still living, not only because of his great leadership in conservation, but also because of his kind and generous ways.  According to this definition of entrepreneur: “A person who organizes and […]

Filed Under: Dollars and Sense

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