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7 Secrets to Personal Finance Success

Personal finance management can sometimes seem like a daunting task. With the amount of financial responsibilities people have today, keeping track of anything can prove to be quite challenging. However, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to be successful in personal finance management.
I’ve come up with a nice list of some […]

Fed Cuts Rates, Mortgage Rates Increase 10%+?!

The Fed’s attempts at thawing the frozen mortgage lending industry have not yet showed any signs of hope. In fact, during the last few months while the Fed has been cutting interest rates from 5% to 2.50%, mortgage rates have actually inched up over 10% from their monthly lows!
There are a lot of news […]

5 Tips for Buying a Home in a Down Market

The subprime mortgage bust has scared a lot of people away from the housing market. The nightly news is filled with images and stories of everyday Americans who are losing their homes because they made greedy and uninformed decisions, they were taken advantage of by predatory brokers, or a combination of these situations. […]

Bankaholic on Fox News!

Reader Sharon R. pointed out that Bankaholic was featured on Fox News TV in Tampa Bay, Florida on their 10pm nightly news segment.
UPDATE: HUGE thanks to Jonathan Green for helping me save the video and paste it here.

EURion - Confessions of a Counterfeiter

Did you know that those tiny yellow 20s on the back of a $20 dollar bill are actually arranged in a highly specific pattern?
EURion Constellation
They are placed in a EURion constellation pattern, and they actually have a very interesting anti-counterfeiting purpose.
I was trying to scan in an image of a $20 bill […]

Video: How to Improve Your Credit Score

We’ve been having a little fun lately here at Bankaholic playing around with YouTube videos.

In our pilot production, our very own “Bankaholic Bankerette” Alicia Lagan shares her tips on how to improve our credit score.
Click Here to Get Your Free Credit Report and Free Score Instantly!
This is our first of many videos to come, […]