That’s right, the saga of my brain dead late 12 hour late payment continues. When I went to pay my bill for the month I noticed that Chase had charged me over $38 in finance charges. The finance charges shocked me,...
That’s right, even someone who has a great 5 year track record with credit cards can occasionally make a mistake. This past weekend I submitted an electronic bill pay request for my credit card that was due on Monday. Normally I...
As I was in the line at Home Depot with all the supplies to redo our bathroom, I did something I haven’t done in years The seed was planted by an extremely helpful employee in the bathroom section and by the...
Over the past holiday weekend my family stopped by my wife’s parents house for a quick visit. We had a dinner and were able to catch up a little. One of the things that was brought up was that the neighbor...
Back in March I dissected the best cash back credit cards to see which one would net me the most free money. My calculations had me receiving $345 dollars of cash back each year from the Chase Freedom card. Well in...
A co-worker shared this blog post by Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team, with me and I thought it was fascinating. For those that don’t know Mark Cuban is a rags to riches stories who went from...
The other day when I was prepping for a fantasy football draft, I stumbled upon a video at Yahoo that covered a family who spent only cash for one month. According to the story they saved $1800 (24%) compared to what...
Just like most of you, I peruse a lot of personal finance blogs. Today I came across one that posed an idea that got me thinking. Not Made of Money posted a nice piece about not buying stuff with a payment...
I have already shared my analysis of the best cash back credit card, and for those of us that have the financial discipline and habits to not overspend and pay off the bill each month, credit card rewards can be a...
About a month ago, I switched my only credit card from my Sunoco Mastercard which I have had since college to the Chase Freedom card. Why? Because I was leaving money on the table since I wasn’t taking advantage of the...
