17 years ago • Comments
Ooh! It's not yet halfway through the month and I'm actually publishing the recap for last month. Looks like I'm actually a bit ahead of my normal game :P Traffic Sources At a high level: Search Engines: 65% Referring Sites: 22% Direct … [Read more...] about Thanks for the Hits! September 2009 Recap
17 years ago • Comments
I'll admit, I've had these books to review for a long time, but I'm just getting around to reviewing them. Sorry Mr. Publisher! "The Skinny On" series takes the Dummies and Complete Idiots idea and makes them even simpler to understand in the form … [Read more...] about “The Skinny” Books: What Can Stick People Teach Us? (plus a Giveaway!)
Finances & Money • Frugality • Home • Taxes
17 years ago • Comments
Clever Dude and the insulation blower machine Our home was built in 1941, long before insulation was commonly used, much less a standard in new home construction. We bought the home in 2004, but didn't know this fact until we really started … [Read more...] about Save Mucho Money by Reinsulating Your Home’s Exterior Walls
17 years ago • Comments
Although I don't use TradeKing because I'm not big into investing, I thought I would pass along this promotion they're having: (through this link only and with a $2,500 opening balance and one trade) The code is good October 1st through … [Read more...] about Open a Tradeking account, get $50 BONUS
17 years ago • Comments
Yeah, it's almost the end of September, but I realized I never posted my top referrer info for August, so here it is! Traffic Sources At a high level: Search Engines: 60% Referring Sites: 26% Direct Traffic: 14% Top Personal Finance Blog … [Read more...] about Thanks for the Hits! August 2009 Recap
17 years ago • Comments
Last week, I explained how we're going to save big money on our mortgage when our rate resets. In the article, I thought the rate would reset on the anniversary of our closing, which would be this November. However, I just logged into our lender … [Read more...] about Oops, our mortgage rate resets 2 months later than expected
17 years ago • Comments
by Ann Smarty While most of people I know use Google for daily searching, only few of them know how to actually search (apart from providing a search term and hitting "Search"). Only few people know that Google may prove really useful for … [Read more...] about Google as a Shopping Tool: Save Money by Searching
Banking • Credit • Debt • Finances & Money • Home
17 years ago • Comments
Almost five years ago, we financed our first home purchase with a 5/1 ARM interest-only mortgage. If you're not familiar with mortgage lingo, it breaks down into the following, at least in our case: 5/1 ARM (Adjustable Rate Mortgage) means that … [Read more...] about Will our adjustable rate mortgage save us big money?
