Faith and Finance is a personal finance blog that provides a biblical perspective for saving, investing, and getting out of debt.
Introducing myself to the world as a Yakezie member is harder than I thought it would be! I’m Marie and my blog is Family Money Values. I started my online presence on September 11, 2010 – without a clue in the world as to what I was doing. However, I had a message, one that I wanted [...]
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I was preparing to go to sleep. It was 11PM on Sunday evening. I checked my mail for one last time before calling it a day. There was an email waiting to be read. It was from Sam, informing me on a decision to accept OCAAT as a Yakezie member. Fellow Yakezies, this is a [...]
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I’m still amazed by the ratio of aspiring internet entrepreneurs, particularly bloggers, who think the best way to make money online is by teaching others how to do the same to the number that truly understand and believe that just as much money, if not more, can be made in a niche other than the [...]
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A couple days before my 27th birthday I took a solo business trip across the southern border of the United States. I was working for a duty free company—you know those stores you see at the borders of Canada and Mexico and at airports that advertise discounted liquor, tobacco, and luxury goods—and the owner of [...]
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Do you wonder how many thousands of web sites there are? Does the world really need another one? What makes your site different – why would a reader come your way instead of mine? What’s your value proposition? What’s a Value Proposition? A while back Shaun from Smart Money Finance posted a question in the [...]
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When I was in school, I had hardly any money. Why should I have anything? I was dependent on my parents and only made $3.25 an hour cracking eggs with both hands at McDonald’s sophomore year. Junior year, I made $4/hour stuffing envelopes as a temp. And finally, senior year I worked moving heavy boxes [...]
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“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” – Archimedes Leverage can be defined as the power to accomplish something, or a strategic advantage. We’ve heard it used in many different ways. Archimedes, assuredly, used it in a much more mechanical/mathematical sense. Financially, [...]
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The Facebook effect is palatable here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Just the other night, my no-limit poker buddy who works as a product manager at Facebook said, “Sam, let’s raise the blinds from $1/$2 to $10/$20!” “Umm, no Egor, you might wipe out my lunch money for a year with those type of [...]
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I don’t know what it is inside of me, but it’s been there since college. It’s a tugging force that has always had me interested in working for myself someday and being the “boss.” It all started during college when I ran a small furniture moving company with a good friend of mine. We did [...]
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When it comes to finances I’ve heard all of the excuses in the book. I don’t have time. I don’t have enough money. When I make more money then I’ll… I don’t know how… When starting a new year we like to make resolutions and set goals. Whether it’s about your finances, or lifestyle, I [...]
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AverageJoe: Intergenerational planning is an important area that few are addressing. I think it’s a great topic...
Marie at FamilyMoneyValues: Jeff, thanks for reading me at PET – come on over to FMV sometime too!Marie at FamilyMoneyValues: I don’t know how you folks with day jobs keep up with your blogs – mine keeps...Marie at FamilyMoneyValues: Young but with benefits!Marie at FamilyMoneyValues: Yeah, I don’t look my age at all :) lol…. Sometimes it is kind of hard to...Marie at FamilyMoneyValues: Thanks Marissa.Marie at FamilyMoneyValues: Me too – it helped me in lots of other ways as well.Marie at FamilyMoneyValues: Thanks! I am super excited to finally be a member!
Jeff @ Sustainable Life Blog: That is quite the story Marie and I’ve got to say that I enjoy your voice on Miss...Jeff @ Sustainable Life Blog: Glad to see your member post up OCAAT – it has been nice hearing from you on the...
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