Rental Property Update August 2009
This post is an update on my rental property in Philadelphia. In this section, I talk about my landlord experience – the good, the bad, and the ugly. All my posts that are related to the rental property can be found in the Rental Property section, including the bad tenant saga series).
In July the tenant [...]
Carnival of Personal Finance #218
The 218th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance (Chuck Norris Edition) is posted at Budgets Are Sexy. It includes my post, The Big Layoff at My Work Place.
The Big Layoff at My Work Place
Unemployment in the U.S. rose to 9.5% in June 2009 and hit a 26-year high. Rumors of a layoff were floating around in my company for many weeks prior to June. Finally, at the end of June, the news broke out for our government-sponsored project. There was a huge cut in the government budget and [...]
A Man Pays Cashier with 8,800 Pennies
A young man’s car was towed and had to go to the professional parking services to retrieve his car. He decided to pay the $88 bill in all pennies, 3 boxes full of them. His argument is that pennies are 100% pure legal tender for payment and it is the federal law to accept pennies. [...]
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