A friend turned in an old favor and asked me to help sell some of her things. I told her how I'd do it, and also wrote a post on how to enlist Gmail to help sell things on Craigsl …

We're in the process of buying a house. There may be a time at which we own two houses (and have two mortgages). Presumably only one of them can be a primary residence? If so, d …

This is bizarre and a bit troubling. Received a call from one credit card company questioning a charge. Turned out to be a fraudulent charge. Account was shut down. Around dinn …

I think I understand the concept of non-profit, but let's say a 501(c)(4) organization (a civic organization) has a website. Can they accept advertising on their website (a link t …

This is another pair of terms I tend to use interchangeably, but I don't think they mean the same thing. I do know that "non-profit" status can apply to charities, and other organ …

I am just wondering if anyone else has had experience in using reward checking accounts? I have been using reward checking accounts for about two years now and have enjoyed using …

My wife is looking for a (second) refrigerator for our new house. The one in our new house is nice in a number of ways, but it's a side-by-side unit (refrigerator next to the free …

I read during the Argentinean financial crisis in 2002 that a private company was considering launching a private currency supported by gold (i.e 100 currency = 1 gram of gold). I …

Our closing last week used the new HUD-1 Settlement Statement. It has an extra third page that contains essentially two things: a comparison of the actual closing costs with thos …

My only data points on this are the following: When I was younger (in high school) I decided that I was going to save 10% of my paper route money and spend 90%. My mom laughed a …

Once in a while I'll catch a small store on the last days of business. Smaller businesses don't often hire a liquidation company the way Circuit City did, and they usually get rid …

I ran across Alibaba.com a few weeks ago when I was looking for places to buy towel fabric for some crafts that people wanted. I had never heard of the site and it looks huge. It …

Another question had a reference to a 16-year stock market supercycle, which showed that over the past 120+ years there were booms and busts with a periodicity of about 16 years. …

Google is a good starting point, of course, you can search: Chester Guru scam or Chester Guru ripoff to get the negative opinions, but are there any other good ways to research …

I cannot get a mortgage due to foreclosure. I am not a first time buyer. I am already receiving teacher retirement. I really don not want to spend another 14,000 a year thrown aw …