Archive for December, 2006

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Most if not all of you are probably very new to this blog. It’s just started up a bit ago, and it’s here to serve a few different purposes. I’ll first and foremost be writing about how you can become fabulously wealthy. Everyone wants to be rich, so why not do what it takes to [...]

The notion that the typical college student has a lower net worth than the average collection of pocket lint is by no means nothing new. College students are now graduating from post secondary institutions with greater student loan liabilities and credit card debt than ever before in our nation’s history. The rising cost of tuition [...]

About the Blog. FinanceIsPersonal.com, which formerly operated under the name Getting Green, is an extension of my personal desire to help other people become better managers of money and the resources they have available. In the last few decades, consumer debt levels have skyrocketed and personal responsibility have taken a back-seat to the culture of [...]

FinanceIsPersonal.com is a growing financial webzine currently getting between 1000 and 1500 unique visitors every day. The site averages about 20,000 unique visitors per month, and is growing rapidly.
The blog discusses topics of money, personal finance, investing, saving money, making more money, banking, financial products which save people money, insurance, and other related topics. By [...]