As long as I can remember, probably since I was 10 or so, I was a big soda drinker. Mellow Yellow and Mountain Dew were my favorite. I probably had 2 or 3 cans of pop each day. I’m sure there have been periods when it’s been up to 4 or 5 cans a day, […]

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Oddly enough, large amounts of consumer credit is a relatively new phenomenon. Our great grand parents thought debt was a sin! 100 years ago credit was considered stupid, and now it’s a “necessary” part of everyone’s financial life according to some financial writers. More and more wise consumers are realizing that the only people who […]

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Take some time, grab a bible and open to the book of proverbs. You will be amazed at the amount of wisdom God has to say about money. One verse says, “In the house of the wise, there are stores of choices grains and oils. Only a fool consumes all he has!” God actually […]

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When one does not define goals for their finances, it’s very hard to make any traction. Here are five steps you can and should take take to find financial freedom.
Step One: Standing Up. Before we can walk, we first need to stand up. In the financial world, this means that before we can begin the […]

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Getting Green is growing really fast. For all intensive purposes we’ve been up for a bout a week, and the amount of traffic we’ve been receiving has exploded. We’ve migrated to version 2.0 of the template, so there’s a lot of new content for all to see. Any suggestions for improvement would be greatly appreciated! […]

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When it comes to making real estate purchases, often time’s people really want to buy a home without having a decent down payment. People are starting families and need a place or live, or just cannot wait until they can save up a decent amount of money for a down payment. In the old days, […]

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Earlier this week I had posted about the multilevel marketing company, Quixtar. In the post I had pointed out several problems I had with the Quixtar / MLM Personal sales scheme. I showed this to a friend of mine who had bought into the Quixtar program, and I have agreed to go to one of […]

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One of the basic principles of any sound financial plan is saving money for emergencies. Everyone will suffer a major financial windfall at sometime in their life, such as a job loss, automobile repair or a major medical bill. It’s only logical to save for such events. As much as we would like life to […]

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One Wednesday afternoon I was doing some homework as is a common occurrence and my room-mate asked me if I would be interested in going to a business opportunity presentation that one of my previous roommates had bought into. I can’t say I thought our previous room-mate was a terribly bright person, and wondered what […]

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Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki’s New Book is Not Looking Out for You!
Why would anyone read a book about how to handle money by two people who have both filed bankruptcy? Only people who do so poorly with money, they have to throw their hands up in the air and admit defeat that they […]

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