5 Steps To Turning Around Your Finances

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Many people have been there: financial disarray. This day in age it’s not hard to get there. We’re encouraged to spend, spend, spend at every corner. Given the consumer culture and the unstable job market, it’s easy for anyone to fall into peril. Thankfully, there are ways to turn things around. The following five-step program [...]

Investing in French Real Estate for Foreigners

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French Real Estate Foreigners love Paris… That’s why Paris Real Estate just broke a new historical record. If there is a real estate depression in United States, but also in European countries like Greece, Spain and Ireland, French real estate market is still trading at high price, for several reasons: Building new constructions in France is [...]

4 Household Investments That Save Money Long-Term

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For homeowners, they’re necessary nuisances. There are many large appliances in your home that can break at any time. There are also many parts of your house that could use an upgrade, but don’t necessarily need them at the time. Usually we put off these expenses until the last minute. But that might not be [...]

Weighing options: How to decide whether to rent or buy

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As the housing market continues to recover, interest rates are projected to remain at their current historic lows at least until the end of 2014. Those low rates and the wide availability of vacant homes definitely favor buyers. But homeownership isn’t right for everyone. In fact, some former homeowners whose properties were foreclosed have vowed to [...]

7 Reasons Why You Need An Emergency Fund

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Do you remember the agony of the last unexpected expense you incurred? For the unprepared it means breaking out the credit card and racking up even more debt. Not only that, but it also means paying far more for the expense than required, thanks to interest. Since the unprepared typically take months, or even longer, [...]

How to Welcome Your New Baby with a Solid Financial Foundation

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If you’re like many married couples who have debt from things like student loans, the purchase of a new vehicle, or just bad decisions with credit cards, then before you welcome the pitter-patter of little feet you’ll need to make great strides in improving your financial status. New babies change the dynamics of the family [...]

Women entrepreneurs and the upside of a down economy

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If you run a woman-owned company and you’ve successfully navigated it through the downturn and into an anemic, but hopeful recovery, you’ve earned some bragging rights. That you kept the doors open means that you made tough calls under great pressure and you’re truly lean as a firm. Now, as you position yourself to capitalize [...]

Extreme Penny-Pinching: 5 Signs You’re Being Obsessively Frugal

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Whether by nature or circumstance, today there is a diverse and extensive movement of people taking up a frugal lifestyle. Extreme saving has become a much celebrated ideal. But sometimes all the virtues that come with simple living and resource conservation are at odds with a person’s unhealthy attitudes and tendencies. If ignored, these supposedly [...]

6 Important Steps to Starting a Successful Small Business

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Since opening my Bellevue Chiropractic clinic I’ve learned a lot about business, and most of that I learned the hard way.  I opened a healthcare practice in 1998, and let me tell you it’s rare to find any business training on the curriculum when you’re going to school to be a healthcare provider.  And although I can’t [...]

What Does Financial Freedom Mean To You?

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I guess that financial freedom will mean different things to different people. However I would expect that around 80% of people think that it is only determined by the amount of income they are making. That was exactly what I used to think until I had a very special light bulb moment. It struck me [...]