Earn $5 Just For Waiting 10 Minutes

March 4, 2009

photo credit: zieak It was my first job out of college and I was handing out crisp $5 bills for customers who waited in line for 10 minutes or longer. What’s the catch? You had to be a customer and request the $5 payment. Working as a bank teller after college was one of the [...]

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Did You Walk By The Passive Income Idea Today At The Store?

March 2, 2009

photo credit: MNgilen Sometimes a passive income idea is looking at you and asking to make you some extra money. In this case we’ll look at taking ordinary items at your local store and turning them into cash for your family. You might look at your next shopping trip a little differently and you probably [...]

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Did Monopoly Teach You Anything About Managing Money?

March 1, 2009

photo credit: HarshLight Countless hours were spent as a kid playing my favorite board game, collecting rent on apartments and hotels while negotiating for Park Place and Boardwalk. What type of Monopoly player are you? Do you play with the properties you land on or do you like to barter and make deals? Playing Monopoly [...]

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Weekly Blog Reading: GE 30 Rock Dividend Edition

February 28, 2009

photo credit: Rob Young GE is one of my favorite investments over the last decade and made the decision to slash it’s dividend this week to cut costs. The move by GE will free up over 9 billion dollars and cut’s the dividend to 10 cents a share. GE is a core holding in many [...]

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