e-Book Review – How to Get Rich: Wealth Building Guide for the Financially Illiterate

by Roger, the Amateur Financier on May 24, 2013

Personal finance is a tough area for many people. There’s a lot of material that needs to be understood, and many people simply don’t know much, if anything, about how to handle their money. How can those people who are ‘financially illiterate’ get a handle on how to manage their money.

How to Get Rich seeks to answer that question. With a subtitle of ‘Wealth Building Guide for the Financially Illiterate’, it should provide some useful money management information. Plus, since it is written by Barbara Friedberg, a fellow personal financial blogger, you can bet that it will be interesting and entertaining. Does it meet those expectations? Let’s find out!

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Is It Time to Join the Crowd(Funding)?

by Roger, the Amateur Financier on May 22, 2013

If you’ve been paying much attention to the investing field and what you are able to do with your money, you’ve probably heard about crowdfunding.  In case you haven’t, and this is your first time encountering the term, here’s the basics: Crowdfunding is funding by a crowd.  Simple, hunh?

Alright, all kidding aside, crowdfunding works by allowing companies, groups and individuals to solicit money and support from people out in the broader world using website postings.  These organizations and people would like to accomplish certain tasks but lack the money to do so, and decide to approach the world at large rather than more traditional funding groups.

Admit it, you'd like to gain some funding from this sort of guy.

These sort of people just aren’t willing to give them money.

On the donation/investment side, you and other would-be donors/investors are able to provide money to support these projects.  In return, you can get some sort of return, ranging from a type of gift to simple satisfaction of helping a goal youapprove.  (And yes, there are some sites and projects that allow you earn money from your donations, more below.)

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5 Truly Unusual Methods of Alternate Income

by Roger, the Amateur Financier on May 20, 2013

Let’s face it, sometimes you need money, and your day job (assuming you even have a day job, that is) just isn’t giving you enough to get by.  There’s many reasons for this, from not earning much at your job to having your expenses suddenly increase (new baby, anyone?) to simply wanting more than what you can afford (and not wanting to go into debt to get it).

Luckily, there are more ways than ever to earn money nowadays, and even more luckily, we’re going to go through some of them right now.  In this blog entry, we’re looking at the really unusual methods, though, so nothing relatively commonplace (like blogging, for example).  Also, we’re talking about an income, which means new earned money, not a loan (particularly not a payday loan; those things are just horrible all around).

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Weekly Round-Up: A Hard Weekend

by Roger, the Amateur Financier on May 19, 2013

This weekend has been a tough one.  As I noted on noted on Friday, there is quite a bit of stress and worry on my wife Sondra’s side of the family right now, at they wonder how things will end up working out for her grandmother.  There’s not much I can really do to make Sondra feel better, unfortunately; no matter how much I’d love to make her laugh and smile again, it’s going to take some time until everything has been resolved (and given the likely resolution, probably some time after that for her to recover).

While we’re waiting to hear some news, I’m doing what I can, mainly trying to give my wife a chance to rest and relax as things progress.  It means I’m spending more time this weekend taking care of our little baby (not that I don’t already do a lot to care for her, but I digress).  I covered all the feeding, changing, and playing with Laney yesterday, which was a nice reminder of just how much time and effort goes into caring for a five month old child (even before you factor in the added fun of caring for an attention-craving dog.)

It was an interesting day, to say the less, and a nice reminder of how difficult the task of ‘stay-at-home parent’ really is.  It’s days like yesterday that greatly increase my respect for all the stay-at-home moms out there, to say nothing of all those moms who can do that and still have the energy to do something like blogging.  I’ll definitely have to check out more of those blogs, so I’ll have some excellent examples to share as:

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Special Message: Show Your Love

by Roger, the Amateur Financier on May 17, 2013

I’m not going to provide my usual personal finance related advice and commentary today.  My wife Sondra’s grandmother is suffering from some severe health issues, and is likely not going to be around much longer. Sondra’s mother is understandably eager to see her mother before… well, let’s just say, before things get really bad.  We spent most of yesterday getting Sondra’s mom a plane ticket and otherwise preparing to send her from our home in Pennsylvania to California.  As a result, I was unable to finish my planned article for today, and instead, I’d like to leave you with a simple little message:

Show Your Loved Ones That You Care

Tell your children that you love them (if you haven’t done so already today), remind your siblings just how much you care, and call your parents to let them know that you appreciate everything they’ve given you.  (I realize you might have done that last one already this week, seeing as Sunday was Mother’s Day and all.  I’d suggest you do it again anyway; she is your mother after all.)  Spend time with your friends this weekend, and let your spouse know just how much you care.

You unfortunately never know just how much time you’ll have left.  It’s better to make sure that your family and friends know just how much you love them, just in case it turns out that this is the last day either you or they have left.

On that note, I’ll be spending the rest of the day (and a good amount of this weekend) with my loving wife.

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10 Things to Include in a Will

by Roger, the Amateur Financier on May 15, 2013

There’s a lot of things that you need to prepare for when planning for the bad things that can happen in life.  I’ve been considered pessimistic in my life for my views that negative events are likely to happen; I prefer to think of it as being prepared for when things go wrong.

I’ve been even more cautious about what can happen in the world since my daughter was born.  It’s no longer just me that I need to worry about, or even me and my wife, but now a beautiful girl who depends on us for absolutely everything in her life.  That’s why I’ve been looking into insurance of all types, and why I’m now going to talk about

10 Things To Put In Your Will

Yes, a will, that legal document that determines what happens to all your property, to say nothing of your children, when you are dead and gone.  It’s not the most pleasant of subjects to consider (as is the case with anything having to do with death, I suppose), but you need to take care of it, particularly when you do have children or other dependents to consider.  Here are some things you need to include to produce a simple will: [click to continue…]

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