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Kitchen update 7/01/25

Disneysteve's Common Cents Blog
Wed - Jul 02 12:20am
Our guy finished installing the cabinets today (except for the one over the fridge which we don't have yet). We had to compro...
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DOGE personified

Trying to keep Tabs on my finances
Wed - Jul 02 12:10am
Unfortunately, I recently found out that a friend of mine lost his job to DOGE.  DOGE substantially slashed his agency's...
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June Recap

CB in the City
Tue - Jul 01 06:19pm
It was kind of a crazy month, because I paid $423 in fees and services! Very unusual for me. It was mainly two big things -- ...
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June 2025 net worth update

Ceejay74's Personal Finance Blog
Tue - Jul 01 04:16pm
It definitely feels premature to be celebrating with so much current and potential chaos in our country, but we had a second ...
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Hot and Busy Days

Frugal Foodie
Tue - Jul 01 11:42am
Like most of the Midwest and part of the east coast, we've had extremely hot temperatures. But it was June and the sun was ou...
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The Latest From The Saving Advice Forums

2024 Financial Review & 2025 Outlook

kork13 • 03 Jul 2025 00:30:07
As we approach the new year, it's always a good time to look back/look forward toward past & future goals, as well as how things have gone for you overall. So let's see your 2024 in review, and your outlook for 2025! (or beyon...
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401k withdrawal for home down payment

LivingAlmostLarge • 02 Jul 2025 17:15:05
A friend asked if they should take out from their 401k to put down on a house. I said yes. Their financial advisor suggested it. Mind you if they do this they will be emptying most of it and he won't make any money off of them. Bu...
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AI and using it

LivingAlmostLarge • 02 Jul 2025 00:52:44
So we talked about using AI for investing. I'm not there yet. But I do use AI a lot. Enough I paid $20 for a month of Chatgpt. Anyway I found it super useful to plan trips. I find it great at working through logistics and planning...
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Ebay sellers thread (other platforms too...

disneysteve • 02 Jul 2025 00:47:46
I know a few of you sell at least occasionally on ebay. I don't think any of you sell regularly but I may be wrong. I figured I'd start a thread for any ebayers to share tips and tricks and progress and challenges. I've been on e...
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Taxes on free stock

skives • 01 Jul 2025 10:19:04
Wife and I signed up for We Bull a couple years ago to earn free stock. We just sold what we had this past week. I had $180.21 and wife had $39.33. Some of that was a gain from the original price. So how do the taxes work on stock...
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