Archive for March 2006

2005 Federal Tax Refund Received

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I just noticed that our 2005 federal tax refund was direct deposited to our HSBC Direct Savings account this past Friday. That makes for a total of twelve days (or just nine business days) between e-filing and receiving our refund. Not too shabby.

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Published on March 26th, 2006 - Leave a Comment
Filed under: Taxes
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Preparing for our Moving Sale

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I mentioned the other day that we’ve rented a storage unit and have started clearing extraneous stuff out of our house before putting it on the market. Well, the next step is nearly upon us… The dreaded moving sale! Last weekend we (and when I say ‘we’ I mainly mean my lovely and talented wife) [...]

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Published on March 24th, 2006
Modified on September 10th, 2006 - 5 Comments
Filed under: Moving
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Retirement Savings Poll Results

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Once again, this week’s poll on retirement savings had a great reponse, with over 220 votes cast thus far. The question of the week was “Do you have any retirement savings accounts?” Fully 92% of respondents reported that they’re saving for retirement through either an employer-sponsored plan, an IRA of some sort, or both. That’s [...]

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Published on March 24th, 2006
Modified on February 19th, 2008 - Leave a Comment
Filed under: Polls, Retirement, Saving & Investing
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Weekly Roundup – 03/24/06

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Here’s a quick look at some of this weeks best personal finance articles from the MoneyBlogNetwork and beyond…

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Published on March 24th, 2006 - Leave a Comment
Filed under: Link Love
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Staging Your Home for Sale

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I just ran across an interesting article on staging your home for sale. Did you know that properly staging your home can increase the sale price by as much as 20% (or even 50% in high end neighborhoods and/or hot markets) and can make it sell seven times faster? But proper staging isn’t necessarily a [...]

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Published on March 23rd, 2006
Modified on September 10th, 2006 - 9 Comments
Filed under: Real Estate
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Carnivals – Week of 03/20/06

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FiveCentNickel took part in three carnivals this week. Here they are, along with links to my posts that were included in each…
The Carnival of Personal Finance, which is up at AllThingsFinancial, included my post on a possible IRA contribution limit workaround.
The Best of Me Symphony, which is up at the Owner’s Manual, included my post [...]

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Published on March 22nd, 2006
Modified on February 3rd, 2007 - Leave a Comment
Filed under: Carnivals
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Storing our Stuff

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As many of you know, we’re preparing to put our house on the market. A big part of our preparation involves clearing out excess stuff to make our house look as spacious as possible. While we’re planning on having a moving sale, there are a number of things that we want out of the house [...]

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Published on March 22nd, 2006
Modified on September 10th, 2006 - 3 Comments
Filed under: Moving
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Ten Real Estate Mistakes, Part 2

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Here’s the second (and last) part of the Bankrate.com article on ten real estate mistakes not to make. Enjoy.

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Published on March 22nd, 2006
Modified on March 26th, 2006 - One Comment
Filed under: Real Estate
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Ten Real Estate Mistakes, Part 1

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Given that we’ll be moving in the coming months, I’m always on the lookout for good articles on buying and selling houses. Here’s one from Bankrate.com that covers ten real estate mistakes to avoid. Today we’ll cover the first five…

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Published on March 21st, 2006
Modified on March 26th, 2006 - 4 Comments
Filed under: Real Estate
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Safe Deposit Box: A Confession

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I have a confession to make. A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away my wife and I rented a safe deposit box. And we still haven’t put any of our really important stuff in it. That’s right, it’s been close to a year since we took the plunge and got a [...]

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Published on March 20th, 2006 - 14 Comments
Filed under: Banking
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