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Valerie said: I have no debt (yeah!!!) so I would use it for a down payment on my first home.... ________________________________________________
Jeana said: My answer is boring, boring, boring. Pay off credit card debt, beef up our emergency fund and sock some away for a replacement car when... ________________________________________________
Jeremy Waller said: If I had $50k, I'd quit my job and work my affiliate marketing full time!... ________________________________________________
Kathryn said: Whew ... $50K, is a "cure what ails you" amount. Since my husband's been unemployed since the beginning of June, the first thing we'd... ________________________________________________
Kimberly said: First I would pay down some student loans, and then I would sock the rest away as down payment on a home.... ________________________________________________
hank said: @Kevin - let me know when you post about it; I'll be all over it!
@Blake - glad to stumble your site. 
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learning the ropes said: I'll use it as a down payment for the 300K house that I want to buy. I have some money sitting in my savings for... ________________________________________________
Mary said: If I had $50,000 I would pay off my debt (less than $7,000) move in with my partner, take a short vacation and then look... ________________________________________________
Blake@YoungDough said: Excellent post Hank. This is one of the big reasons why I'm not a huge fan of our public education system, as vitally important subjects... ________________________________________________
GJC said: donate 5,000 to church pay off 22,000 debt buy newer, fuel-efficient car to replace 14-year old gas hog put 5,000 in savings travel... ________________________________________________
Loading ...Photo by: matangueroThis week I found myself fighting back the elusive CPU quota exceeded errors I was getting from Bluehost.com because I was getting a lot of hits from the Magic Quadrant of Personal Finance and “Why is it taboo to talk salary?” posts I tossed out this week. I like it because of […]
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Photo by: goisraelgermanySo in stumbling my way across news articles tonight, I found myself very intrigued as to why there were so many “Best Mutual Funds of 2007″ available online (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). It’s pretty simple really; marketing. Who WOULDN’T tout that they were the best mutual fund based on this, […]
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Photo by: herzogbrMy old man used to tell me, “Hank, you want to find yourself a CPA that will walk you RIGHT UP TO the door of jail, but not let you go in.” I think that’s pretty good advice - take what you can, when you can (legally) because the Government is not […]
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Photo by: Daquella maneraHow many of you use your 401k for your everything bucket? I’ve overheard friends and family talk about their 401k like their “all for one long term savings account” saying things like, “I’m going to use my 401k for my kids education” or “my 401k is used for both me and my […]
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How is it that when we can readily see public sector and professional athletes salaries on the web and not bat an eye at it. I’m sure they discuss these things over caviar all the time and it isn’t that big of a deal; but why does middle class America think […]
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Photo by: CubbieNVegas I’ve been somewhat intrigued over the past few years I’ve been lurking in the Personal Finance Blog realm as to who were the top spots in the space. I’ve got my own preferences that you can certainly see if you’re a daily reader; but I wanted to give it an overall picture […]
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Welcome to 2008 - hope the new year treated you all well. I’m working on a project to revamp the site with Jon Phillips and should have at least a rough draft here in the next few weeks. I like this design, but he’s let me know there are a handful of things that need […]
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Photo by: Daquella maneraTwo words: Don’t settle.It’s your life and your compensation. Put yourself in the situation where you ARE #1 to your boss. Get things done on time, proactively take on projects, support and praise your peers on projects well done, start a new method of doing a certain task, SET the bar at […]
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I’m sure it has to do with the “old school” way of thinking that people would be more valuable to the team if THEY were the sole keepers of the information on a system. Before Al Gore invented the internet (cough, cough), knowledge wasn’t so readily available. PEOPLE were the knowledge. They didn’t […]
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hank - 