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The Dough Roller: How to Use Retirement Savings to Buy a House
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Today’s low interest rates make buying a home incredibly tempting, especially if you’re being hit with annual increases in rent. But finding money for a down payment can be tough, especially if you don’t have much ...
Dateline: 2013-05-24 4:04am -07:00T (1306 words)
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The Dough Roller: Your 60-Second Guide to Credit Cards
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Are you completely new to the world of credit cards? Interest rates. Cash back bonuses. Credit limits. It can all be quite confusing! This quick credit card guide will get you started in understanding all the credit card basics:
Credit Card...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 3:48am -07:00T (1408 words)
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The Dough Roller: The Best Way to Get Your Credit Score
The undisputed best way to get your credit report comes from the only source that’s truly free: AnnualCreditReport.com. It’s easy and free because it’s guaranteed by law.
Unfortunately for consumers, getting your credit score is not as easy...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 3:18am -07:00T (1418 words)
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The Dough Roller: 6 Banking Options for College Students
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If you held a part-time job in high school, you may have a bank account or even a credit card in your name. But if you didn’t work — maybe you just cashed those babysitting checks — you may not be used to dealin...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 3:33am -07:00T (1680 words)
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The Dough Roller: Using a Gift as Part of Your Down Payment
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Saving a down payment is one of the hardest parts of buying your first home. In fact, about 25 percent of first-time homebuyers get help with a gift from a relative as part of their down payment. There’s nothing wrong with this, but ...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 3:03am -07:00T (1036 words)
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The Dough Roller: Can You Really Make Money Taking Online Surveys?
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One of the easiest ways to make money online is to take surveys. There’s little more to it than signing up, filling out a profile, and giving your opinion on ads, products, services and more.
The big question is just how much mone...
Dateline: 2013-05-17 7:03am -07:00T (1184 words)
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The Dough Roller: Why and How to Freeze Your Credit
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With identity theft on the rise, more people are looking at ways to protect their identities. Options like identity theft protection and simple credit monitoring can certainly help. But what if you want to take more drastic measures?
One ...
Dateline: 2013-05-16 3:48am -07:00T (691 words)
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The Dough Roller: 25 Tips and Resources for New Grads on LinkedIn
LinkedIn, which was founded in 2002 and launched in 2003, reported an increase in users last year. As of January 2013, the social networking site for professionals had 200 million registered users. It may not be in the league of social media giants Facebo...
Dateline: 2013-05-15 7:03am -07:00T (1887 words)
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The Dough Roller: 15 Stupid Questions Not to Ask During a Job Interview
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It’s easy to commit a faux pas at a job interview. You’re nervous and tense, so you make mistakes. But the more prepared you are when you go in, the less likely you are to do something stupid – like ask a question that will sho...
Dateline: 2013-05-13 10:03am -07:00T (679 words)
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The Dough Roller: Sunday Morning Roundup: Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting
Last weekend my wife, daughter and I flew to Omaha for the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting. While it may seem like an odd trip for the family, we had a blast. For me, I found the experience inspirational. I came back from the trip hyper f...
Dateline: 2013-05-12 5:48am -07:00T (391 words)
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The Dough Roller: KAIKU Visa Prepaid Card Review
I’m still amazed when I read a news report lambasting prepaid debit cards. The main beef with these banking alternatives is high fees. Five years ago that was a legitimate complaint. But today, there are a number of low fee prepaid cards.
I’ve written...
Dateline: 2013-05-11 2:48pm -07:00T (454 words)
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The Dough Roller: A College Student’s Guide to Building Credit
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Whether you’re in college or just graduating, chances are you don’t have much credit history. And that’s not a bad thing. You haven’t needed credit up to this point, and this is the time when most pe...
Dateline: 2013-05-10 3:48am -07:00T (1154 words)
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The Dough Roller: Why Tesla Stock Should Not Electrify You
As I write this, shares of Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) are on a tear. Up over 20% on news of its first quarter results, the market is doing what the market does–go crazy.
I spent all of about 60 seconds looking at Tesla’s 2012 year end fi...
Dateline: 2013-05-09 9:33am -07:00T (750 words)
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The Dough Roller: Pros and Cons of Hiring an Investment Specialist
I‘ve been investing in the stock market for more than 20 years. During that time I’ve never hired an investment adviser to manage my portfolio. The primary reason is cost. A close second reason is that I enjoy investing.
But if I’ve l...
Dateline: 2013-05-09 3:48am -07:00T (792 words)
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The Dough Roller: 25 Personal Finance Resources Every College Grad Should Read
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So you just graduated from college, and you have no idea where to start when it comes to managing your personal finances. Or maybe you’re fairly good at budgeting, but you need to know about investing. Either way, this list of r...
Dateline: 2013-05-08 3:03am -07:00T (1229 words)
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