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    Professional? Boring!

    I love finance, I love learning, I love business, I love technology, I love reading coding books, but I also love being a goofball. That is why I believe in being professionally unprofessional. Sure, there are times that professionalism is called for, but for me, those don’t make the majority of my day. It’s easy…
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    FinCarn – Monday Yakezie Round Up

    Happy Monday WA readers! Last week we had a nice mix of articles. We talked about Burger King making a comeback to the stock market, I provided a video review of the Square credit card processing service, and we also finally made a profit from installing a dimmer switch! Also, and I hope you didn’t…
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    Our Dimmer Switch Revisited

    About 1 year, 8 months ago we published an article about installing a dimmer switch. Based on the math behind this article, we have now passed the break even point, and are now saving money on the enhancement. Saving Money Plan Often, I sit down and think of places I can save money. Sometimes I…
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    Square Video Review – Credit Card Processing

      Square is a credit card app for both iPhone & Android devices. 9 Days ago, I wrote about Restaurants that don’t accept credit cards, and how frustrating that is for customers. I also talked about how there isn’t really a good reason not to when companies like Square exist. To see if I was…
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    Burger King Problems

    Burger King, the number 3 hamburger chain in the United States, has had a very troubled past as it has tried to compete with their big (much bigger) brother McDonald’s (MCD). I’ve even written about Burger King’s problems in the past. Burger King has been a publicly traded company, purchased, taken private, gone public again,…
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Mar
07

Small Business, New Computer

New Computer Monitor Business

Your business will need a new computer. This is a fact for nearly all businesses, but many small businesses lack the technical resources to know what to do once the computer has been purchased. This is a simple guide designed to help the small business owner who has just purchased or will be purchasing a…
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Mar
05

$50 Dollar Amazon Gift Card Giveaway! [Closed]

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I can’t believe that we’re almost 2 years old! Our official birthday is technically April 6th, but in celebration of two successful years, and hopefully more to come, we are going to be doing a giveaway for the rest of March and it will culminate on April 6th with us awarding 1 winner a $50.00…
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Mar
02

The Great Expansion

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When times get tough, stores find creative ways to save money, but they also try to reduce the visibility of it as much as possible. One trick that has always worked was lowering the amount of inventory that they carry on hand. This can be accomplished a number of ways, such as “fronting shelves”, which…
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Feb
29

Getting the Best Value for Your Home

This might be a bit over the top, but imagine the tourist income!

Home appraisals are a fact of life for buyers, sellers and anyone who needs to refinance a mortgage loan. It’s the appraiser’s job to make sure that the lender doesn’t become overextended by providing more money than the property is worth. If the appraiser’s opinion isn’t in harmony with an agreed upon sales price, that…
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Feb
27

True Wealth: Building Castles With My Wife

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I really enjoy finance as a hobby, and that is why I started and continue to run Wealth Artisan. I love helping people, I especially enjoy interacting with everyone, and I love hearing when my information has helped someone. I write a lot about building wealth, starting a business, and managing money, but I also…
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Feb
24

You Deserve It – Marketing Tactic

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Marketing isn’t the devil, but marketing also isn’t your friend. Marketing can be used in a terrible way, and more often marketers try to make it your friend, but marketing takes on no persona. As an example, if you’ve ever purchased a recommended item from Amazon, liked an ad on Facebook, or went to a movie at…
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Feb
22

Time Management: Stop Working

Despite popular belief, clocks still tick while you're commuting.

The best work is often done with a rested mind. A tired person tends to rush, make mistakes, and have less concern for the quality of the outcome. This isn’t because they have no regard for work quality, but because they want things done quickly and they are not using time management. As a frequent…
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Feb
20

50 Cent Stamps: U.S. Postal Service Plans Price Increase

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Since 2006, the U.S. Postal Service, U.S.P.S., has increased the price of stamps four times, going from 39 cents a stamp to 45 cents a stamp. Now, only a month after their last price increase in January, U.S.P.S. released their plans to increase the stamp price to 50 cents a stamp, a whopping 11% jump!…
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Feb
17

De-constructing Dazzling Diversification

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This is a guest post from our friends over at MultiMillionaire Road. This brief post should help you to visualise as to why diversification is necessary in building wealth. I mentioned in a previous post that one of the important features of becoming a multimillionaire is diversification. Without going too technical, here is a brief definition…
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Feb
15

Identity Theft Protection: Credit Card Safety

Protect Yourself From Fraud

Identity theft is a big problem in America. It’s estimated that it’s about a $3 trillion per year problem, to be specific. Identity theft can hurt credit scores, cost you money, and even harm your reputation. While there are a number of scenarios that identity thieves might use to get personal information and take advantage…
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