Carnival of Personal Finance #137 includes our post: Your Home as an Investment. Some great links in the carnival:
how much should you save for retirement? – “Assuming 8% growth annually, I’ll need to contribute about 20% of my current salary every year.” (a bit high I think…)
How to “only” yourself to death – “Some quick Excel work tells me that by cutting out and cutting back we dropped our ‘only-ies’ from $316 per month to $191 per month (and a lot of that is cell phone). That’s a 39% monthly savings or $1,500 a year back in our pocket.”
10 Tips for First time Apartment Renters – “you should be paying 1/3 of your gross income, so if you make $5,000 per month before taxes, your rent should not be more than $1,666”
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