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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 ...I churned out the new version of M.I.B. this week and I’ve got to admit, I’m pretty impressed with what Jon was able to cook up. He’s got the design down pat! Love his work and if anyone is looking for someone to help with their design, let me know because I’m happy […]
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What is a recession and has it hit the US?
I have touched on this subject a handful of times in the last few months, but it is something that interests me, and clearly the rest of the blogosphere as these are a high hitting posts that chat about recession. it is on everyone’s mind; and […]
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Stumbling the blogosphere this week landed me on a lot of new sites. A lot of them themed around travel. I haven’t planned anything for this year yet, but last year landed me in the “land down under.” Where I will land this year is a mystery for now; for me, my wife, and the […]
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Photo by: jurvetsonThe Recap
A few weeks back I wrote up a post about how my car was broken into and $1500 worth of stereo and video equipment was stolen out of it. The first thing I did was call the police station, who clearly had bigger fish to fry, and just gave me […]
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Photo by: Aaron WagnerSo I made it through my own personal conspiracy theory this week; got a few inches closer to whipping up the new blog design from Jon @ freelancefolder.com and found myself pleasantly surprised to see my weekly subscriber base climb significantly. I’d have to say it was a good week for […]
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My mother is not very financially savvy - and when I try to explain anything to her; it can often times take the better part of an hour. It may be her age or the fact she never had any financial education being a stay at home mom, but I like to try to give […]
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As odd as it is, housing is dropping like a rock, but my house has actually done very well since last month. The 35.68% rise in my net worth is due 100% to my house value going up on all six sites I check to calculate that facet of my net worth. […]
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Photo by: sleestak66Storms hammered the Pacific Northwest again this week and the US government passed the stimulus plan to brighten everyones day - are you getting any $$$ from it? The reads that caught my eye this week were:
1. MightyBargainHunter reflected on SuperBowl ads -
2. MoneyNing lets us know how to give […]
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Photo by: ricbro85Oh, it has been a good week - I had my car broken into, but alas with enough harassing to Geico, they decided to see it my way and paid for the damages that were made. I had H&R Block guest post, was in another carnival this week hosted by TheDividendGuy, and […]
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hank - 