8 Things to Do This April We are three weeks into the spring season. By this time of the year most of us are screaming for Mother Nature to bring us warmer temperatures and turn the leafless, dead landscape into [...]
April 11, 2012
Easy Street
My kitchen counter is littered with unsolicited mail from banks and lenders. All of them offering me deals to refinance my home mortgage. If you’re a homeowner I’m sure you’re getting the same kind of offers. Lenders across the country [...]
December 14, 2011
Easy Street
The Marketing Trick Retailers Don’t Want You to Know We all know it yet we still fall for it. Companies frequently use marketing ploys and tricks to gain our business. This holiday season is no exception. Retailers are bringing back [...]
November 9, 2011
Easy Street
As a personal finance expert I often get emails from readers asking for my opinion on financial products and services they are considering buying. There are many things that people buy that are a waste of money. Most of the [...]
Survey Reveals Most Popular Trainer in 2011: Finances over Fitness Health and Wealth. Those are the two most popular New Year’s resolutions. In a survey by Allianz Life Insurance Company respondents were asked which 2011 resolution they are most likely [...]
December 29, 2010
Easy Street
How To Get Back On Track When You’re Broke It can be hard to stay afloat in the month of December. Your outflow always seems to exceed your inflow of cash this time of year. There are presents to buy, [...]
December 15, 2010
Easy Street
Unexpected Ways You Could Be Damaging Your Credit We all want good credit scores. It makes us feel good about ourselves and helps us get the financing we need. Scores in the 700’s make us puff out our chests and [...]
December 8, 2010
Easy Street
How I Told The Grinch to F*%$ OFF!! 2010 will be another tough holiday season to get through, financially speaking. It’s been like this for the past three or four years. So by now I’ve developed a few tricks to [...]
November 24, 2010
Easy Street
Reaching Your Short Term Financial Goals… Quickly July… The month when America turns a year older. It also marks the midpoint of your fiscal year. With half the year gone by already it’s a good time to do a check [...]
Your Wife’s HOT That’s what a billboard promoting a new air conditioning company in my town says. Wow talk about great advertising. Its message is short, sweet and attention grabbing. And it couldn’t be timelier since the summer heat is [...]