Have you ever gotten one of those letters from your local property tax appraiser, informing you that your tax bill is going up about 20 percent? I got one of those recently, so I took it to my friend Joe Gross in San Antonio. He appeals property tax assessments for a living. "Man," he said. […]

Having a credit card is a wonderful convenience for those times when you don’t have immediate access to your cash. It can allow you to purchase something on time for which you can pay later, thereby giving you the ability to afford something NOW that you’d have had to save for later. But buying on […]

Spending Habits. So you’ve just got your credit card. The first thing you need to be wary about is that a credit card is very easy to use - afterall you can shop in stores, via catalogs and online with your credit card. As it is so easy to buy things with it you can find that you actually spend more than you are able to afford.

There are many steps in calculating the fair value of a company. However, before we even do that, it is imperative to know how a company earns its profit. Does it do that by selling to consumers? licensing its technology to other companies? or extracting natural resources from the ground? The sensible way to do […]

You have rowed a boat at some time haven’t you? Yes, put the oars in the water and pull. Of course, you don’t know where you are going because you are sitting backwards. Every so often you have to turn to look ahead to see if you are pulling in the right direction. Reminds you […]

Debt consolidation loan services act as a third party intermediary to assist you in negotiating lower interest fees and monthly payments with your unsecured debt holders. If you are falling behind on your monthly payments, as many consumers are, you can quickly build up late fees and over limit fees. Debt consolidation loans allow you […]

With consumers purchasing billions of dollars of merchandise online each and every year, the Internet has become the key to financial security. The e-commerce business has consistently thrived well above all other online enterprises, and continues to flourish. Because of this encouraging surge in activity, many individuals are now interested in becoming e-commerce merchants. To […]