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Creating Financial Freedom Using Real Estate For Wealth, and Business For Cash FlowSun, 26 Jul 2009 05:59:04 +0000http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2enhourly1Tax Time – Do you understand your tax return?
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http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/tax-time-do-you-understand-your-tax-return#commentsSat, 04 Apr 2009 18:31:21 +0000Emilyhttp://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2009/04/04/tax-time-do-you-understand-your-tax-return/Whoa – I was amazed to see that my husband and I were getting a giant tax refund this year. Good as it feels to get that nice check from the government, mathematically it doesn’t make a lot of sense to try to get a lot of money back. You’ve just loaned that money, interest [...] Real Estate Investors: Find out when the real estate market is coming back in your area!
]]>http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/tax-time-do-you-understand-your-tax-return/feed0Are You Getting Out of The Market?
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http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/are-you-getting-out-of-the-market#commentsThu, 05 Mar 2009 04:45:03 +0000Emilyhttp://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2009/03/04/are-you-getting-out-of-the-market/I promised I’d keep you up to date on the stock market insights passed along from my Father who spend a good deal of his time immersed in the financial news of the day. And there is some heated political commentary here which I don’t apologize for since I think the misguided “fairness” policies of [...] Real Estate Investors: Find out when the real estate market is coming back in your area!
]]>http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/are-you-getting-out-of-the-market/feed0Download Suze Orman’s New Financial Planning Book – For Free
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http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/download-suze-ormans-new-financial-planning-book-for-free#commentsMon, 12 Jan 2009 19:23:01 +0000Emilyhttp://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2009/01/12/download-suze-ormans-new-financial-planning-book-for-free/Although I’m not the biggest fan of Suze Orman, it’s hard for me to pass up the opportunity to read some well thought-out financial tips from a nationally recognized advisor. If you haven’t heard, you can download Suze’s latest 2009 book for free from Oprah’s website until Thursday, January 15 at midnight. You can also [...] Real Estate Investors: Find out when the real estate market is coming back in your area!
]]>http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/download-suze-ormans-new-financial-planning-book-for-free/feed1The Importance of Financial Planning For College
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http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/the-importance-of-financial-planning-for-college#commentsWed, 17 Dec 2008 18:00:38 +0000Emilyhttp://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/12/17/the-importance-of-financial-planning-for-college/When it comes to college savings, you may feel that you’re fighting an impossible battle, but the more you can save and the earlier you start, the more options your kids will have down the road.
Now that we have a baby in the house, starting to save for college has become a big topic of [...] Real Estate Investors: Find out when the real estate market is coming back in your area!
]]>http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/the-importance-of-financial-planning-for-college/feed2What Does Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Have To Teach Us About Ethics?
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http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/what-does-illinois-governor-rod-blagojevich-have-to-teach-us#commentsThu, 11 Dec 2008 15:59:14 +0000Emilyhttp://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/12/11/what-does-illinois-governor-rod-blagojevich-have-to-teach-us/ By now, we’ve all heard about the governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, trying to auction of President-elect Obama’s vacated senate seat. This type of unethical behavior in pursuit of profits is particularly abominable when we see it practiced in politics and by people in a fiduciary position of trust and power. What’s happened to [...] Real Estate Investors: Find out when the real estate market is coming back in your area!
]]>http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/what-does-illinois-governor-rod-blagojevich-have-to-teach-us/feed0Ask The Experts – Coming soon…
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http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/ask-the-experts-coming-soon#commentsTue, 09 Dec 2008 20:48:11 +0000Emilyhttp://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/12/09/ask-the-experts-coming-soon/I don’t care if you’re right, as long as you agree with me!
Do you prefer to read information that lines up with your own views and reinforces your beliefs, or do you prefer to be exposed to a broad variety of topics of interest, knowing that you may "go ballistic" or "through the roof" when [...] Real Estate Investors: Find out when the real estate market is coming back in your area!
]]>http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/ask-the-experts-coming-soon/feed0What’s Happening Out There With Stocks Down, The Economy Down, and Retirement Looming?
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http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/whats-happening-out-there-with-stocks-down-the-economy-down-and-retirement-looming#commentsTue, 09 Dec 2008 00:44:20 +0000Emilyhttp://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/12/08/whats-happening-out-there-with-stocks-down-the-economy-down-and-retirement-looming/Americans face uncertainty in deciding where to go next with stocks down, and less money to invest
With bad news on the economy flying around the newsstands, through the airwaves, and across the blogosphere, it’s easy to get frozen by information and paralyzed as we wait for the other shoe to drop. It’s easy, in [...] Real Estate Investors: Find out when the real estate market is coming back in your area!
]]>http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/whats-happening-out-there-with-stocks-down-the-economy-down-and-retirement-looming/feed1Have you contributed to your Roth, lately?
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http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/have-you-contributed-to-your-roth-lately#commentsFri, 05 Dec 2008 17:33:39 +0000Emilyhttp://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/12/05/have-you-contributed-to-your-roth-lately/I was reading an article yesterday by a financial advisor for financial advisors. The author, Evan Cooper, mentioned a recent teleconference he had hosted in which he reminded his 1,000+ listeners of something I had always known, but which came across as frightening when he described it…
He succinctly defined the changing state of retirement plans [...] Real Estate Investors: Find out when the real estate market is coming back in your area!
]]>http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/have-you-contributed-to-your-roth-lately/feed4The Recession’s Here, Let’s Cheer Up and Look at the Bright Side
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http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/the-recessions-here-lets-cheer-up-and-look-at-the-bright-side#commentsFri, 05 Dec 2008 02:05:54 +0000Emilyhttp://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/12/04/the-recessions-here-lets-cheer-up-and-look-at-the-bright-side/Even though they changed the definition of "recession" – the word is out – it’s official – we are in a recession and have been since December 2007.
Understandably, this can be depressing news – especially around the holidays.
Lighten the economic mood in your house with these sunny ideas:
It’s time to start saving money, again! After [...] Real Estate Investors: Find out when the real estate market is coming back in your area!
]]>http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/the-recessions-here-lets-cheer-up-and-look-at-the-bright-side/feed0Warren Buffett’s Buying Stocks – Maybe We Should, Too
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http://www.emilycressey.com/blog/warren-buffetts-buying-stocks-maybe-we-should-too#commentsWed, 03 Dec 2008 22:14:43 +0000Emilyhttp://www.emilycressey.com/blog/2008/12/03/warren-buffetts-buying-stocks-maybe-we-should-too/One famous quote from Warren Buffett, the renowned billionaire investor and founder of Berkshire Hathaway is: "Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful."
After years of sitting by the sidelines with his money in bonds – while the U.S. Stock market rose to unprecedented levels, and the real estate market [...] Real Estate Investors: Find out when the real estate market is coming back in your area!