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Stuck Here in The Middle

So the two cars are cutting everyone off, at the next light I see it is a young adult, maybe nineteen and grandma in the second car. Then there are those who are stuck here in the middle, watching two generation attempt to defeat one another?

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Married Men Beware: Get Finances in Order Before it’s Too Late

If you are married and feeling the consequences of the recession, it may not be only your job that you are losing. It has become socially acceptable for wives to leave their husbands over money.

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Labor-Saving in the Home

An ordinary house today has electricity and piped water supplied to it. Some of us do not appreciate how much labor these things save. Someone I know who lives far away from town has to light kerosene lamps every night and fetch water from the well umpteen times a day. That is really labor-intensive. I am thankful I do not have to do such chores.

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Passive Income: Earn Money While You Eat, Sleep, and Travel – Dividends

Passive income relies on diversity. Building wealth relies on diversity. If one stream trickles out, you have five to 10 others to pull some extra weight. As you’ve read in my other articles on the generation of passive income, being diversified, especially during a turbulent economy, will pay off.

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Passive Income: Earn Money While You Eat, Sleep, and Travel – P2p Lending

As we continue with more streams of passive income, we come to P2P lending. Sure you’ve heard of P2P file sharing and web hosting, but lending? Building wealth has reached a new plateau with P2P lending. Passive income at a simple low price.

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Passive Income: Earn Money While You Eat, Sleep, and Travel – Savings Accounts

Savings accounts have grown up. Building solid streams of passive income to increase wealth is about diversity. Savings accounts are no longer pennies made, but are reaching if not surpassing the interest rates of CDs, and are a great way to continue on your continuous passive income stream.

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Passive Income: Earn Money While You Eat, Sleep, and Travel – Certificates of Deposit

CDs are your more traditional means of saving. Diversity is key and these are still around for a reason… they work. Your return isn’t as high as a P2P lending situation, wherein you can get anywhere from 8%-12%, but the risk is much lower.

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Passive Income: Earn Money While You Eat, Sleep, and Travel. Step 2: Rethink Your Idea of Wealth

More money, more problems? This is what we want to avoid. Many aspire for the multi million dollar lifestyle, but fail to see one common flaw. If you’re making $30,000 dollars a month/year and spending $45,000 a month/year, you’re in the red. This theory applies to everyone; spending more than you have if your a millionaire or a college student means that you have to readjust your thinking.

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Passive Income: Earn Money While You Eat, Sleep, and Travel. Step 1: Debt Relief

Passive Income is income you don’t get paid hourly for. Income you accrue while you aren’t working. It’s set it and forget it. It’s being on vacation and still making money. It’s drinking beer on the beach in Copacabana while building up your portfolio. It’s hard work at first. It’s possible for everyone.

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High-society Parenting

Parents in today’s world and the upbringing of a child.