Category Archives: Home Finance

July 16, 2010

What You Can Do To Get A New Checking Account– also posted in Consumerism, Personal Finance

Getting a checking account can be hard when you have had credit problems in the past, have had an account closed on you for over drafts, or being stuck in Chexsystem for whatever reason. Fortunately, there are some financial institutions that will offer second chance accounts that do not run your name through Chexsystem to [...]

July 15, 2010

What Makes Checking Accounts Excellent to Have– also posted in Consumerism, Frugality

While it is not absolutely necessary to have a checking account to get by living, opening up an account with a reputable financial institution can make all the difference in the world. Making things much simpler, faster and safer. When it comes time to pay bills, depending on the individual, someone could go from carrying [...]

July 1, 2010

Common Mistakes Made With Texas Estate Planning– also posted in Personal Finance, Savings

There are a lot of people when doing Texas estate planning who make a lot of mistakes that they would not make if they took the time to learn what they were doing. Estate planning is a very confusing process that has a lot involved. This means that it can be difficult to get everything [...]

June 26, 2010

Finding Home Improvement Dealer Financing– also posted in Loans

Performing improvements on your residence will become a necessity at one point or another. Whether you are remodeling your kitchen with new appliances or a bathroom with a new toilet or shower, many people cannot afford to pay for their purchases outright. Investing in your most important asset, your home, no longer has to be [...]

March 25, 2010

Bad Credit Mortgage Financing – Home Mortgage Finance– also posted in Loans

Home mortgage loans are one of the most popular types of bad credit mortgage financing available and many financial consultants and specialists will advise you to get one of those to help you keep your home and have a more flexible payment plan. When it comes to home mortgage financing options, you can either get [...]

March 16, 2010

Swimming Pools Financing The Easy Way– also posted in Budgeting, Credit, Loans

When choosing to have a swimming pool installed in your home as people quickly realize that pools happen to be fairly expensive. Luckily, there is swimming pools financing options available to most consumers. Most people are not aware that there are businesses that specialize in financing for swimming pools. It makes a lot of sense [...]

February 12, 2010

Fix Bad Credit so You Can Get a Mortgage!– also posted in Credit, Loans, Personal Finance

People decide to fix bad credit for many reasons.  One that is becoming more and more common is when people are turned down for a mortgage, but decide to get a rent to own home.  This decision means that they will need to improve their credit to the point that they can get a mortgage [...]

January 7, 2010

Tips and tricks on how you can achieve savings on your home insurance– also posted in Basics, Consumerism, Frugality, Insurance, Personal Finance

Here are a few tips and tricks on how you can achieve savings on your next home insurance policy and beat your renewal quote. It has been found that many homeowners today just let their insurance premium renew automatically each year without shopping around and even trying to beat their current quotation and save them [...]

October 20, 2008

Don’t Give Up!– also posted in Frugality, General Information, Personal Finance

This may surprise you since I live in the South, but I am a college football fan. Although, what may actually be a surprise for some of you is that I am a Kentucky fan, even in football. The game this weekend between my beloved Wildcats and Arkansas made me think about personal finance. The [...]

October 7, 2008

Something to Learn from the Financial Meltdown– also posted in Credit, General Information, Personal Finance

The New York Times has a great article providing some background on why we are in the mess we are in. The article states: But by the time Mr. Mudd became Fannie’s chief executive in 2004, his company was under siege. Competitors were snatching lucrative parts of its business. Congress was demanding that Mr. Mudd [...]