Late October is an exciting time for sports fans. Football is in full swing, we get the World Series and the NBA season tips off as well. A little something for everybody. With that in mind a couple of stores in today's news caught my eye. The first...

5% cashback sounds good right? Or does it? Baker at Man vs Debt,recently posted on why he doesn't use credit cards. His personal morals don't allow him to support an industry that he doesn't agree with. I thought he made a great case and I applaud...

A while back The Happy Rock wrote a post called "40 acres and a mule: free land still available in the US." It describes how in Kansas and North Dakota there are some programs that still give land away, much like the old homestead days. Normally you...

This past weekend my family said "Goodbye to Summer" and "Hello to Fall" (Not just because we turned on the heat for the first time either). In what is becoming a yearly family tradition we took a hiking trip in a state park which allowed us to enjoy...

I think we finally have a buyer lined up for our condo which went on the market about 11 months ago. We originally listed our 2 bedroom 1 bath 950 sqft condo at $169,000 but settled $20,000 less than that at $149,000 almost a year later. 15% under...