March 2011

Ally Bank Review : Online Savings Account

This Ally Bank Review is about the Ally Bank Online Savings Account, for the information and review on their CDs, Checking and Money Market accounts, check these posts. I have been using Ally bank for my liquid saving account needs for quite sometime now. Ally Bank used to be one of the highest interest bearing [...]

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Sell on Craigslist – Successful seller’s guide to Craigslist

About an year ago after a mini earth quake in Southern California, I decided to put together a small grab-and-go emergency kit, in case we have to get out fast. Part of my plan was to include $2000 cash in case there is a black out and all the ATMs go out of order. But [...]

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Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief – Double your donations

As everyone knows by now, Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded on March 11. Thousands of people are dead or injured and many more are still missing. Many of you might have already donated or may be planning to donate. Here are some resources that will double your donations and [...]

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Rewards Checking Accounts – High interest for some extra work

We have been using Rewards checking accounts to park our first time home down payment savings. Staying in Southern California, that is a good chunk of money which has to be liquid in a no-risk saving vehicle. I use online savings account for all my other goals, but as the down payment savings was a [...]

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Do I need an iPad?

Everywhere I turn today, people are talking about either the iPad® or Charlie Sheen.  I am not planning to go into where this is really a need or not. Food, water, clothing, sanitation and a roof over my head are all that I “need”. There is no question whether it’s a need vs want. It [...]

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Blogger tax deductions

Blogging is supposed to be free right? Who would spend anything for blogging? One of my friend asked me this question. A lot of people don’t realize the amount of time AND money that goes into blogging. Yes, it can be free but free blogspot or wordpress.com can only get you so far. For control [...]

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