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Three ideas for quick cash. (Help me with more ideas please!)

I’ve been out of touch with all of you for about a month now, due to a death in the family. Today I come back to writing and it feels good. I hope you’ve been reading Miriam’s blog posts and will continue to come back here on a daily basis. Every weekday I’ll update you on my personal love / hate relationship with money and what I’m doing to turn it around into a win/win relationship. Today, I’ve got a money dilemma. There is this workshop I want to go to, and it costs $150.00. In earlier posts I’ve written … Continue reading →

A Wolf in Banker’s Clothing

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The Pentagon has just released a report that finally addresses a huge issue for military personnel and their families. The Report On Predatory Lending Practices Directed at Members of the Armed Forces and Their Dependents can be found in its entirety at (http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/Report_to_Congress_final.pdf) Surely you’ve seen all those “Payday Loan” companies. They are everywhere but they are most concentrated just outside military bases. These companies will let you write a postdated check that they won’t deposit until your next payday and give you cash today in return. Certainly that can be very convenient for a young military person who is … Continue reading →