by Laura Martinez | Big Purchases, Mortgages
Home Ownership – Plan Before You Buy As we mentioned yesterday, we decided to buy a townhouse in our city. It’s in a new development and we’ll have 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms. It’s situated about 5-7 minutes away from the interstate, so...
by Laura Martinez | Big Purchases
I’ve heard from so many people growing up that having a warehouse club membership automatically meant you save money. My mom has been a Sam’s Club member for years and she’s saved money, especially when we were growing up in a family of four. We...
by Laura Martinez | Big Purchases
My husband recently made a big purchase and got his 40″ LCD HDTV. He’s planned this for a while, trying to find a good deal with all the features he wanted. Deciding What He was Looking For Here are some features my husband was looking for: 38″ to...
by Laura Martinez | Big Purchases
Dawn Handschuh has earned a living putting pen to paper for 25 years. She worked for 10 years in financial services, writing widely on retirement planning, personal finance and specific investment products such as annuities, mutual funds and 401(k) plans. Dawn is also...
by Laura Martinez | Big Purchases
Yesterday, I gave a bit of a rundown of our time share tour experience. Today I wanted to do a lessons learned post. I’m included somethings I remembered about the sales presentation and some consumer information I found from th Federal Trade Commission. As...
by Laura Martinez | Big Purchases
I spent a Saturday morning listening to a time share presentation. It was our first time and what I knew I only heard from friends and an old job (which was a bit biased). Most liked their time share and used it for vacations. One family I know hated their monthly...
