Quick! What’s the first thing that pops into your head when I say “escrow account”? It’s that account that’s associated with your mortgage, isn’t it. That’s the first thing that come to me when I hear the word. But, that isn’t all that an escrow account is.
At it’s very basic beginnings, an escrow account is [...]
When it comes down to setting your budget, saving your money, spending your money, and acting responsibly with money overall, you are your own worst enemy. You and only you are responsible for keeping your self-made goals. There are tools that you can use to help yourself, but the only enemy that you need to [...]
Personal finance isn’t all just about the best ways to save money and live frugally. There are other things to consider; other rules that should be followed. Some have absolutely nothing to do with saving money.Many of the posts here at Beating Broke deal with saving money, budgeting, and living frugally. On many occasions I [...]
Let me begin by saying that I don’t see any real value in buying a car new. You’d be better off waiting a year or two and buying the same model after the initial devaluation happens. If you insist, however, and you have to choose between a cash back rebate and 0% financing, here’s how [...]
Just what is reactive personal finance? It’s the management of your personal finance in reaction to events or situations as opposed to the management of personal finance in anticipation of events or situations.
The best example of this is a budget. A budget is built and held to in anticipation of events in your financial life. [...]
One of the reasons that I started this site was because it forces me to learn new personal finance skills. Sometimes, the tree is sitting there in the forest and you need someone to point it out and make it stick out from the forest. The more skills that you learn in any given subject, [...]
J.D. at Get Rich Slowly has a great review up of a new exhibit at the Epcot center at Disney World, Orlando. He and his wife went down to Orlando and gave “The Great Piggy Bank Adventure” a test drive.
The Great Piggy Bank Adventure features five stations, each of which allows kids to play on [...]
