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Tax time: Should you avoid big name tax places?

Tax time: Should you avoid big name tax places?

Consumerist thinks so. And I trust their reasons. Here is the short article with links to some bad apples. As they suggest, try to use someone with a few good references. I used the free offering from TaxACT this year and already used up the tax returns towards the closing costs for our home! Remember […]

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Wesabe updates: Goals, Groups & Full-text feeds

Wesabe updates: Goals, Groups & Full-text feeds

We talked about Wesabe here lately and Marc Hedlund from Wesabe commented here about upcoming new features. True to their words, they have introduced some new features on their site. While it’s not the ooh-aaah kind of improvements, they definitely make it user-friendly. Now, to the quick facts: Goals are just goals: Earlier, in the […]

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ShanKri-la Feature: Save money the Web 2.0 way – Wesabe.com

ShanKri-la Feature: Save money the Web 2.0 way – Wesabe.com

Sorry about the little hiatus. Long story short.. it has been a crazy week at work after a week away from work at a training! It’s time for the weekly ShanKri-la feature! We just bought a house a month back. We feel the pinch from a large part of our paycheck going to the mortgage. […]

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Mortgages, PMI & Sub-prime loans

If you are on the market for buying a home and don’t have 20% down payment, eJabs has a great post on PMI writeoff. We just went through the whole home buying process last month and I should share some of our experiences while the facts are fresh in my mind. FHA Loans If you […]

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