Archive for March, 2012
We Got Our House Painted!
TweetIf you’re new here you may want to sign up for my weekly newsletter. Thanks for visiting!It’s been a long time since I first mentioned this but we finally got our house painted. It looks amazing! I changed the color scheme and I love it. Unfortunately due to our HOA I only had about 6 [...]
The Cost of Raising a Baby
Tweet This infographic was lovingly prepared for you by Wooden Climbing Frames. AshleyHi, I’m primary author and founder of Money Talks. My passion in life is to help you make the most of your money. If you enjoy this site I encourage you to sign up for our newsletter.More Posts Follow Me:
Quarterly Goals Review
TweetCan you believe we are just about a quarter through the year?? Amazing. Time is flying! Today over at Enemy of Debt I have an update on how my annual goals are going. I’ll give you a hint… not to shabby over all, but I still have some work to do! How are your goals [...]
Regaining Control of Debt Payoff
TweetIn my first post here at Money Talks Coaching, I talked about losing focus on our debt payoff, and how it happens. I laid out the three main reasons I feel that people become disenchanted when paying off debt: 1. it’s taking too long (for large debts, we can be talking about years), 2. lifestyle [...]
Saving For College; How to do it and why you shouldn’t feel guilty for not
TweetSaving for college is a huge task. Not only does the cost rise faster than inflation you have a very short time frame in which to save. There are some vehicles to help you get the biggest bank for your college buck. None are perfect but all are better than nothing. 529 529s are the [...]
Pay Extra on Your Mortgage
TweetI love playing around with a mortgage calculator. It’s so inspiring to play with the numbers and see what a huge impact a small consistent effort can make. If you take out a mortgage for $165,000 at 5% for 30 years your principal and interest payment would be $885.76. You would pay a total of $153.872.04 in interest. [...]
Link Love: The Blogoversary Edition
TweetHello! It was my site’s first birthday yesterday. Awww… Happy Birthday Blog. I can’t believe it. I’ve had so much fun writing this blog and getting to know my fellow bloggers. This is my second personal finance blog and both times the blogs have changed my life in ways I can’t imagine. Last time it [...]
5 ways to go out more, for less in 2012
TweetThis guest post was brought to you by Chad! Everybody loves to have a good time out but equally we don’t want to have to splash the cash too much in order to have a memorable night! Check out the following five ways in which you can still have a fantastic day or evenings fun [...]
PMI: What it is and how to get rid of it
TweetPrivate Mortgage Insurance, or PMI, is an insurance you must buy if you take out a mortgage with less than 20% down. I hate it! The borrower has to pay it even though they receive no benefits. Something about being required to purchase a product for the benefit of someone else really rubs me the [...]
Why the Roth is Better Than a Traditional IRA
TweetThe difference between Traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs are taxes. In a traditional IRA the money you put into the account is tax deferred, meaning you don’t pay income taxes on it this year. The money inside the traditional IRA also grows tax deferred. When you reach retirement age you must pay taxes on all [...]
