Early Retirement Case Study - My Dollar Plan Retires At 29

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Today we present a spectacular case study of early retirement in response to one of our reader's specific question.You've shown excellent examples of retiring early via wealth through entrepreneurship, wealth gained by working for a fortunate dot.com company, wealth saved by not having kids and leading a

Knock Out Your Financial Problems Like Rocky

We were deeply pondering over a poignant question raised by Grace (of Graceful Retirement) when we read her article last Sunday.Two recent news items have left me both depressed and thoughtful about the loss of financial security and the subsequent impact on one's mental health. The first was the death of 53 year old Carlene Balderrama who could not face the debt she had hidden from her family

How to e-File Multiple State Returns with TaxAct Online?

The dawn of a new year is often accompanied with new dreams and rejuvenated hope. It also reminds us to get ready and contribute our share towards this great nation. How? By paying our taxes :).

As you might have noticed from our posts, we have been keeping an eye on deals for tax preparation software. We shall continue to do so until the D-day for filing taxes.

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Warning - Bank of America's Sneaky Fees!

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Recently we had published a cool $100 sign-up offer from Bank of America(BOA). One of our loyal readers whom we shall call "J" had availed a similar offer. The good news is that he earned $100 as bonus. However he has provided a great feedback regarding BOA's sneaky policies which ate away quite a hefty

Wachovia's $25 Referral Bonus!

Wachovia has a new customer referral program whereby both the referrer and the referred gets a $25 bonus on signing up for a FREE checking account. This program is available to new and existing Wachovia customers. Here are the details:
Online deal with printable coupon
Expires: December 31, 2009
Bonus: $25 Visa Gift Card
A program brochure or referral coupon must be presented at the time the

Rebuild Credit Score After Bankruptcy

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]One gentleman from our audience has voiced a serious concern in response to our post titled "Credit Score - Myths & Facts." Mr. Minimum Wage has confided a bitter truth of his life. In his own words:"My credit went into the tank due to an extended uninsured illness. I have two adverse credit items that won't

Credit Score - Myths & Facts!

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Mrs. Micah has raised an interesting question as a comment to our post titled "Hot Credit Card Signup Bonuses" which we published last week. Here we quote her verbatim:"I'd do this except for one reason--well, I'd do it in the future, right now we're trying to straighten out our finances and I wouldn't want

Investing - A Pithy View Of Market Timing

Few days ago we wrote an article about market timing. It contained performance charts (for stocks and bonds) that compared the strategy of timing the market with a couple of other investing strategies.

There were some interesting comments on that article. We thank our readers for sharing their wisdom. While trying to respond to the comments we realized that it would be worthwhile to convert the