Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Note: This is a guest post by Robert Sommers. Robert is a freelance mortgage and real estate writer and an amateur investor based out Baltimore. He has worked for over 25 years as a licensed real estate agent in all areas of commercial and residential real estate. For all you hopeful homeowners out there, a reminder that the home buyer tax credit has recently been extended by Congress. The popular program is now being offered to all eligible home sales occurring between January 1, 2009 and April 30, 2010. Its basically offering the same thing as the last version- a … Continue reading →

Last week I asked everyone what I should do with my unexpected $50 windfall. Most people told me I should put it towards my purse purchase, or at least buy something nice for myself. And I definitely considered that option, but I already have more than enough to buy the exact purse I want (yup, I found it on eBay and am just waiting to bid on it) AND the exact shoes I want (again, found it on eBay for an amazing price) with the $350 I have to spend. So, over the weekend BF and I went to Costco … Continue reading →

A client gave me a Christmas card yesterday with $50 inside! :) So unexpected and generous! What should I do with that money? Save it. Invest it in my Retirement Portfolio. Use it for regular expenses. Spend it on something nice during the Boxing Day sales. Use it towards my purse & shoes purchase. Go out for a nice dinner this weekend.

Yesterday evening BF and I went for a walk after dinner. We talked about our goals for the future – both personal, professional and financial. It was something that was needed, because we haven’t really done it before. We both know what each other’s general goals are for the future, but since I moved in, it hasn’t really been about us and our goals together. And I still think we need to talk about it some more over the weekend, but here is what I got out of our talk … I have a career, and he is still in … Continue reading →

Well. I got a call from Allegiant’s Las Vegas Customer Relations Manager today. He said that they have gone ahead and processed a refund to my credit card of $127.68 US. I originally estimated that the refund would be about $125 US, and I was pretty much spot on. Despite the hassle at the beginning over the refund, I’m very pleased with the customer service I’ve gotten from Allegiant. Which I’m happy about. If they had made it difficult, I would have refused to fly with them again out of principle. And that’s a shame, because they really are by … Continue reading →