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Tax Tips – Vehicle Registration
One of these days, when we no longer have a mortgage, I can see us taking the standard deduction. That’s hoping we don’t have high medical and dental expenses. Fingers crossed! But, for now, we...
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Today I Got My Bank Statement
I refuse to pay bank fees. Talk about paying something for nothing! Yet, I’ll bet a huge percentage of bank customers regularly pay fees. And I’ll bet they’re often also the ones who can least afford...
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Keep a List of Expenses to Eliminate
I’ve started keeping a list of expenses to eliminate. Someday. I’ve decided to give up my Massage Envy membership. This will be the easiest to eliminate. I had a couple of gift cards I bought at a 20%...
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Transferring Money Between Bank Accounts
I posted about Chase’s QuickPay function last year. We still have accounts at two banks, despite having paid off the HELOC we had at US Bank. I haven’t gotten around to consolidating everything at...
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Paying Homeowners Insurance by Credit Card
Some time ago I posted that Denver county started to accept credit card payments for property taxes in 2014. I’m hoping that Arapahoe county follows suit. In the meantime, about 18 months ago I had...
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Rebalancing the 401K
A substantial amount of our net worth is tied up in Jay’s 401K. He puts in just enough to maximize his company match. It’s been years since he originally picked the funds that the money is allocated to...
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Know Local Mailbox Locations
Do you know where local mailboxes are located? Not necessarily at the post office, unless that happens to be as convenient location as any, but mailboxes located near businesses/places you regularly go...
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I Am Updating Our Wills
It’s been awhile since we had our wills drafted. We have a “subscription” to a company named Legal Shield. For about $26/mo and have access to a local law firm, as well as identity theft protection....
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Track Your Medical Expenses
Every year I keep track of all our medical expenses – copays for prescriptions, doctor visits, and emergency room visits (remarkable how many of these our kids rack up), vision expenses, dental...
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Tax Notes
We have an accountant do our taxes. I’m really organized and keep track of everything and present it to him as such. No boxes of receipts from us! I want him to spend the minimal amount of time on...
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Last Tuition Payment!
I made our last tuition payment the other day. Yee ha!! Granted, the money continues to drain our bank account with her rent, living expenses, cell phone, etc. etc. etc. BUT we just made the final...
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