Archive for July, 2008

So You Want To Fire your Realtor? Rights, Penalties and Recourse Upon Termination

What are your rights with regards to Realtor representation agreements? Did you sign a buyer representation agreement? A seller representation agreement? If so, or if you’re considering it, this article is for you.
When we started the process of buying our home last year we went were forced to fire one and quickly find another.  But [...]

Get What You Want While Seducing The Boys Club On Your Way To The Top

I came across two books this week:  Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide and Seducing the Boys Club: Uncensored Tactics from a Woman at the Top.  They reflect my thoughts around women and how we can get what we want while negotiating with members of the “boys club”.
Negotiating things like salary, time off, [...]

An Open Letter To Soledad O’brian Regarding CNN’s Black In America

Dear Soledad,
I’d like to thank you for the time and effort put into researching and producing CNN’s Black In America.  After looking at the various segments, I can tell you spent much time with the interviewees getting to know their stories, understanding their issues and perhaps giving others ignorant of the plight of this segment [...]

Women and Education: Why It Is An Important Factor In Managing Personal Finances

 
photo credit: alessandro pucci
Miranda Marquit is an editor for debt consolidation for DestroyDebt.com. 
A couple of years ago, I knew a woman whose husband died. When it happened, she was completely lost. She had no college education, no marketable skills and no money sense (her husband handled all the money). I have thought about [...]

Looking To The Past In Order To UnderStand The Present: Family Finance History

 
This month the PF Bloggers are writing about Family Finance History in our monthly writing project.
Looking back I would say that my immediate family has been pretty responsible with money.  My mom was and is an avid saver and actually bought her home with 20% down a few years ago in NYC.  Yah, the responsible [...]

MSNBC Interview Links and Meetup.com Organizer Of The Week

It totally slipped my mind that I hadn’t posted the MSNBC interview links! The segments aired on June 28th and I believe for a couple days afterwards because I was still getting emails from folks in the middle of the week saying they had seen it. Anyhoo, here are the links and please [...]

Quarter Life Personal Finance: 5 Tips To Manage Your Money In The Midst Of Chaos

If you recently graduated from college then you’ve been hit with the task of managing your own finances.  You may now have a job with a decent paycheck and along with that comes bills, unplanned expenses and learning to balance your checking account.  During this time you may also be experiencing some confusion, doubt and [...]

Reader Mail, Financial Advice and Site Improvements

I have quite a few drafts in the works but I feel compelled to write this post to keep all of you up to date with what’s going on behind the scenes.
Since the NBC airing over the weekend I have been swarmed with requests for state chapters, financial advice and of course I [...]

FNBO’s Pay Yourself Challenge

Per FNBO:

FNBO Direct (www.fnbodirect.com) recognizes the challenges consumers face to save money — as costs for gas and food surge and credit card debt climbs to new highs. Our answer to help struggling consumers is the Pay Yourself First Challenge – and we think that the Challenge may be of interest [...]