Happy Independence Day! It’s the summer and it’s the 4th of July, so that means many of you will be buying huge watermelons and serving it up to your guests today and throughout the summer. Wise Bread has a fun article today on 6 Unique Ways To Eat Watermelon . What does it have to do with...

If you’ve ever had a balance on your credit card bills, you know just how easy it is for the debt to grow faster, and faster, and faster until it seems like there is no way down from the mountain of debt! And when you reach the top of the mountain, it can be lonely, depressing, and a LONG way...

The other day I wrote about an article I saw from a writer at the U.S. News and World Report about the apparent rise in consumers paying credit card bills before they pay their mortgage bills.  I called it the worst financial advice I’d ever seen from a major publication. It may not have been...

Today, one of our writers came across an article that made me want to throw up just from reading the title: Forget the Mortgage, I’m Paying My Credit Card Bill. Oh man, where do I start? I honestly feel bad for the people that write this crap and for the people that they interview, because they...

The new year is full of promise and optimism by many of us. I always chuckle when I go to the gym in early January, and I notice that about three times the amount of people are working out than in December. Then by February, the numbers drop again. We tend to focus more on losing weight early in the...

The new year is full of promise and optimism by many of us. I always chuckle when I go to the gym in early January, and I notice that about three times the amount of people are working out than in December. Then by February, the numbers drop again. We tend to focus more on losing weight early in the...

Is there such thing as a foreclosure agent (Bay Area)? We are looking for property in Concord but can’t afford the high price for stuff that sold for $250-350K five years ago and that was built in the 50’s for $20K. We saw numerous foreclosures in the area that are affordable but are not...

Like with any other money making thought…most of them are excellent,...

Like with any other money making thought…most of them are excellent,...

In keeping with covering an expanded range of topics outside of simply business credit, I decided to post on some tips that I have used in the past that helped me boost my personal credit score. We all should know that late payments affect our FICO score as well as possibilities for future credit...