Things You Tend Not To Spend Much Time Thinking Seriously About When Making A Decision To Relocate

I have had this item on my blogging to-do list for probably 18 months now, without attempting to address it ... s start with credit history, something discussed in this blog a long time ago. Or, rather, your lack of such overseas, which will hamper your efforts to obtain auto financing or even apply for local credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:29:06

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Small Business Money Terms

entrepreneurs raise at least part of the capital for start-up and operating expenses by asking friends and family and previous business colleagues to ... be the most enthusiastic person in the world when it comes to your business, many people will want ... ; but most people will want to know that you’re willing to risk some of your own assets before [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 19:48:44

DrumBeat: December 18, 2008

Oil drops 9 pct as demand outlook overshadows OPEC NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude prices dropped more than 9 percent to $36 a barrel Thursday as slumping demand and swelling U.S. inventories offset OPEC's record supply cut agreement. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Wednesday agreed to cut output by 2 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:42:11

Maybe I DO like rap, after all.“I Want My Bailout Money” is the first song on the new hip hop album by NaturalNews.com editor Michael Adams ( ... LyricsI want my bailout money Keep the bills coming Sweet green cash just drippin like honey I’m a new ... robbed blindHow do you think we got runaway credit? Ain’t nothin goin down unless the crooks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 17:36:53

Build A Credit History Before Getting A Car Loan.

Build A Credit History Before Getting A Car Loan. by Don RayIf you are a first time buyer there are a few things that you want to remember in order to get approved for a car loan, even if you don’t have a credit history there are ways to get around it, many lenders will help you get a loan regardless of your bad credit history,it doesn’t matter if you have no credit or even bankruptcies there are companies willing to help you get approved.Apply for a Major Gas Or Credit CardMost finance [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 21:47:32

No Credit Car Loans.

September 28, 2009 | By Don Ray In Finance | by Don RayA few things for first time car buyers to remember to get approved for a car loan, if you have a no credit history there are a few ways to get around it, despite your bad credit there are lenders willing to help you get a loan, no credit, repossessions, there are still lenders willing to approve you.Apply for a Major Gas Or Credit CardMost finance companies are reluctant to approve a loan application if you have no credit history, [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 22:00:26

I WANT MY BAILOUT MONEY

“I Want My Bailout Money” is the first song on the new hip hop album by NaturalNews.com editor Michael Adams (the “Health Ranger”) ... do you think we got runaway credit? Ain’t nothin goin down unless the crooks in Washington let it Now they regret it but they still don’t get it Cause the economy is crashin so bad it needs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 18:30:32

Is Debt Necessary For Generating Income?

“Margie” writes in: My husband and I are pretty frugal, but we currently carry about $25,000 in credit card debt and a personal loan ... about $1,200 on each one of the the personal loan and two credit cards. This way we’ll be able to pay off ... ? First of all, it’s worthwhile to get a bead on how bad this debt actually is. Margie reports [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 20:00:49

Lending Woes: A Deeper Consumer Analysis

This may seem like an odd analogy, but I remember this story about my Mom when she was having her 7th baby ... for the Subprime Crisis.   Subprime loans did not come into being in late 2003.  2003 is the year more people ... You can’t get a good loan, but we can find you a BAD loan, if that’s what you want.”  Most people said [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 21:19:46

Loans - Home Improvement Loan in the UK

Find the value of your property increase? A Home improvement Loan could be the easiest and cheapest way to make improvements to your home. Home Improvement Loan is a fixed-rate mortgage loans require no collateral and must be used for home improvement projects. Home equity loans are looking for individual projects funded home repairs, reconstruction projects, room additions, a pool and more without the development of the equity of their home. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 07:39:34

The Bailouts? Not Much For the Common Guy

Trillions to financial Terra Incognita; So far very little for ordinary AmericansBy Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / January 8, 2008At this moment, ... billion guarantee for money market funds, $200 billion so far for credit card issuers, $345 to Citigroup ... money had to be spent covering bad investments that are nearly impossible to understand. No one [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:42:00

Things to Consider If You Can't Afford Your Payment

I read a lot of the info. you have on your web page ... thank you. I don't live in San Diego so I'm not looking for a home. What I am trying to decide is whether to sell or refinance. I live in DELETED. My mortgage payments are now approx. $2,400. I cannot afford to refinance into a fixed rate mortgage or interest only [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 15:23:29

Personal Finance Money Tips Q&A #1

This is the first post of the regular questions and answers series. If you have any question, please try our forum ... . To me, I have bad experience with a local bank (not good to disclose here, just call it Bank A) - poor service and slow respond. I am refinancing the home loan to HSBC and Bank A keeps giving trouble [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 23:00:50

More on Good Habits for Success in 2009

“Good Habits”. Lets delve a bit deeper: Constantly evaluate everything you are doing Develop the habit of constant awareness and evaluation.  Always be thinking: is this the best use of my time? Is the best way I could be doing this? Do the most important task of the day first This ties in with your daily goals, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:55:09

Secured Holiday Loans: Especially for Hassle-Free Holidays

Holiday-it means a break from our repetitive routine and getting chance to explore the world with joy and joviality ... , for holidaying you have to look for various options. Though credit card is a good alternative ... of your property, like your home, car etc, which will be used as collateral. With secured holiday loans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:44:37

Portugal Sustains

by Edward Hugh: Barcelona "Art has a function of teaching about the human condition. We live in hope, hope is fundamental" - Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira (photo and quote above) is a living example for the Potuguese people of how to force their way out of the low growth/low per capita income trap into which they have [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 19:22:42

Portugal Sustains

“Art has a function of teaching about the human condition. We live in hope, hope is fundamental” - Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira (photo and quote above) is a living example for the Potuguese people of how to force their way out of the low growth/low per capita income trap into which they have steadily stuck their neck [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:37:23

Take Control of Your Finances Part 6: Get Out of Debt

Debt is like indentured servitude. You work and earn income, but you hand over that income to someone else ... as well. Good debt versus bad debt One comment you may hear is that mortgages and student loans are “good debt” while credit cards and car loans are “bad debt.” The philosophy here is that houses [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 17:52:35

Let Life Run Smooth… With Bad Credit Secured Personal Loan

“Man proposes, God disposes”— thus goes the proverb. Indeed there is hardly any human being who can run his life exactly in the way he wants ... of your life running smoothly if you take a bad credit secured personal loan. As the loan is a secured ... the monthly repayment regularly to save your property from repossession. A bad credit personal loan gene [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:14:11

getting the best

In making a loan via inline, first thing we do is to read the site and you will find out that if this site can be trusted because money is involve ... recruits and have a large network of the auto lenders from where you will receive an car loan with bad credit. The lenders are also aware that the terms and the rates of auto loans will be receiving an [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:26:07

Is there Good Debt?

by Michael Geoffrey Some people think that all debt is bad. But that is not the case. There is some debt that is actually good ... . The overwhelming majority of credit card purchases are things that lose value. Another bad debt is borrowing ... with the potential for a greater return in the long run. The money you spend is gone. * Credit card debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:19:02

The U.S. as a Banana Republic?

Plane Ditches in New York River, All Aboard are SafeReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A US Airways jet with 155 people on board ditched in the frigid Hudson River off Manhattan after apparently hitting a flock of geese on Thursday and officials said everyone was rescued."We've had a miracle on the Hudson," New York Gov [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:10:00

The Carnival of Personal Finance #178: Struwwelpeter Edition

I’ve been waiting for this chance to host The Carnival of Personal Finance for some time ... ? Before you wonder, please let it be known that this is not how I teach my kids our family values ... about forgiving credit card debt. In fact, if Congress changes the accounting rules surrounding credit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 05:46:25

RICHARD VAGUE: How to Fix the Economy

This is a guest post for The Washington Note by businessman and regular TWN reader Richard Vague ... institutions were operating with far too much leverage (the ratio of loans against the capital a lender is required to maintain) which allowed assets such as subprime loans to be overbought [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 19:45:27

2008 Medical Sci-Fi Contest: Please Meet the Stories!

We are excited to announce the results of this year's medical sci-fi contest, and to present to all our readers the top three stories, as decided by our distinguished panel of reviewers. First, we would like to thank Epocrates, a company that generously donated to the winner the latest version of Epocrates Essentials Deluxe, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 04:51:14

Posts about Tri-State Real Estate (FL, GA and AL) as of January 16, 2009

Foreclosures And The Mortgage Meltdown Continues to Plague America - usreoproperties ... either being foreclosed upon or delinquent. The nation … package aiming to thaw the frozen credit ... 01/16/2009 Toyota is developing a miniature, environmentally friendly car that is powered entirely [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:21:19

Credit Card Offers For People With Bad Credit Or Poor Credit History

Updated List Of The Best Secured and Unsecured Bad Credit Cards For Credit Improvement Credit card usage is a fact of life whether you agree with ... has morphed into a mish mash variety of credit card rewards, airline credit card miles, and balance ... room reservations to car rental bookings. Credit card numbers are also necessary for frequent [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 18:01:07

Portugal Sustains

"Art has a function of teaching about the human condition. We live in hope, hope is fundamental" - Manoel de OliveiraManoel de Oliveira (photo and quote above) is a living example for the Potuguese people of how to force their way out of the low growth/low per capita income trap into which they have steadily stuck their neck [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:35:00

What is an instant cash loan

by Mark Carnagie We have all been there. No money left whatsoever and the next payday is far away ... qualifies for one. The lenders do not even care about bad credit. They do not perform credit checks ... payday. Instant cash loans are indeed perfect for getting that extra cash that is needed so hard [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:02:17

How Do you Know if you Need Credit Repair

How Do you Know if you Need Credit Repair by Rob Kosberg When we first start to use credit, we tend to be very careful about how we use it. We might have an apartment, a credit card, and perhaps a car. Then we move ahead in the world and our financial world increases and widens. We become more involved with credit. Some of us are able [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:48:26

On Good Debt and Bad Debt

_35882 by eric731 on Flickr! One of the most common ideas that personal finance writers bring up is the distinction between “good debt” and “bad ... . For that person, a car loan is almost assuredly a “bad debt.” However, for a person that lives ... at all (like credit card debt) is considered “bad debt.” My take? I think the idea that there is debt [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 20:00:42

The Motor City’s Burnin’

Today, the executives of the Big Three return to Washington to pitch their case for federal assistance ... dominated by three auto plants.  You can take the boy out of Detroit, but you cannot take Detroit ... words, it includes all the famed legacy costs.  Whether those legacy costs are good or bad/right [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 20:34:48

January 10 2009: Hornswoggled Absquatulation

Russell Lee Tobaccy Candy 1940 Pool hall, Shasta County, California Ilargi: The revolving doors between Washington and Wall Street are swinging like never before. Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin are the finance powerhouses in the upcoming Obama administration. They were in the exact same place 10 years ago [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 16:28:00

Cheap Auto Insurance : Reduction of costs, Attorney, but with maintain protection

individual_ins If you’re the owner of the car, you must be having an auto insurance ... of experts recommend that you to always review insurance policy thoroughly. Apply online for bad credit ... . If you are looking to buy a car, consider buying a car that “looks good” to insurance companies. For instance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 02:41:37

The Playlist's Least Anticipated Films Of 2009

We wanted to subtitle this feature Cockpunching Your Brain Into Next Year: The Films Of 2009 Probably Destined To Make Us Unintentionally Laugh The Most. But you know, we mostly digress, but if you really want to see some of the year's worst films look no further than what's coming out this month in January: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:11:00

Qualifying For a Used Car Loan

A used car loan is given to those who wish to purchase a car that has had a previous owner. The car may be purchased from the owner or used car lot ... will be lower. This can help a person keep their car. For those with bad credit, a used car loan ... credit report, although there are lenders who are willing to grant loans to those who have filed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:34:44

Things to Consider Before Availing Car Loans

Everyone has a dream to own a car. Cars have become a basic need in our life ... Administration and is currently assisting Adverse-Credit-Car-Loans as a finance specialist ... having bad credit history also but the interest rate is somewhat high. So, taking a secured bad credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:53:13

Best Auto Loan - Tips for Avoiding an Upside Down Loan

If you are new to the car buying process, the likelihood of acquiring a bad auto loan is high. For this matter, car buyers must familiarize themselves with how the financing process works ... than it’s worth. If possible, limit loan terms to 60 months or less. For a list of reputable auto [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:47:20

How To Find Out If Your Bank Is Next In Line To Fail

18 banks have gone under so far this year. But how do you know if yours will be next? Keith Fitz-Gerald says the IRA Bank Industry Stress Index can be used like a financial X-ray ... this year amid the ongoing credit crisis. With total assets of $5.1 billion and total deposits [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 14:00:40

Transcript: President-Elect Barack Obama and Michelle Obama on ‘60 Minutes’ | November 16

(Source: CBS News) (Narration) Steve Kroft:Since Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States 12 days ago, he has largely remained out of sight, getting high-level government briefings and conferring with his transition team. But he surfaced on Friday afternoon in Chicago, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 03:20:54

Signs of Economic Recession: Laid Off Bloggers, Web Sites For Sale

Additional casualties and signs of economic recession: laid off bloggers and your favorite web sites for sale! Do you see what’s in store for you next year? Well, I’ve peeked at my crystal ball and can see the same thing you’re all seeing, an ugly 2009 as the economy continues to contract. Still no relief in sight ( [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 20:33:57

DrumBeat: January 14, 2009

Obama energy goal hard to meet: Bodman WASHINGTON (Reuters) ... prices, but this would not affect its $2.3 billion credit facility, the independent oil and gas ... (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell after a U.S. government report showed that stockpiles climbed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:55:13

Free Credit Report 3-in-1

A good reputation and credible name is something that we all want in our life ... with a bad record or worse a bad credit reputation. Sometimes even if we don’t have loans or current credit balance our records have been hacked by identity thieves who will make our name into bad [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 14:30:00

Car Loan w/ Bad Credit!

Life is so difficult without vehicles, it can be considered as a primary use of transportation ... don’t worry about car loan with bad credit. Okay?Then if you register, you will not be given ... . I think it would be best to buy a brand new car with the help of the best car loan site [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:43:00

Pay Me My Money Down

Pay Me My Money Down—Bruce Springsteen In a healthy real estate market, people only take on as much debt as they can afford, ... your loan. This method of building wealth, the only one that really works, has been much maligned over [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:30:56

Words from the (investment) wise 12.15.08

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (December 8 - 12, 2008) ... that liquidity was still being hoarded. (Also see my “Credit Crisis Watch“.) 13-dec-v1.jpg Source ... of the biggest industrial failure in US history caused a sell-off on global stock markets, a widening of credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 12:42:13

Two Weeks ’til Creating Change!

Two Weeks ’til Creating Change! Posted by Dustin in January 14th 2009 The National Conference on LGBT Equality, Creating Change is almost here! ... No Credit Car Loan Yard Sales Structured Settlements Bad Credit Car Loans Bad Credit Car Loans ... , No on 8, parents of color, Prop 8, workshop Refinance Car Loan Cash Loan New Car Loans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:53:38

Prepping Kids (Part 4)

Essential Money Skill #6: Credit is NOT disposable income. Yup, I know it flies in the face of everything everyone else has been saying, but credit is NOT disposable income. Student loans should not be used to go pub-crawling. Credit cards aren’t an “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 13:30:42

How Much Is Your Credit Score Costing You?

I hate to say it, but just change your time is no longer sufficient ... that you are a trustworthy person? Your credit card results, of course! The spot-checks, credit cards ... . There was a time when everything you do, good credit to have ensured that all your bills [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:31:20

Words from the (investment) wise 12.28.08

Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008 ... s exuberance), but also still be battling with the implications of the credit crisis for the global economy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 12:31:33

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