Profile_bird

Hey there! lindastern is using Twitter.

Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What's happening? Join today to start receiving lindastern's tweets.

Already using Twitter
from your phone? Click here.

lindastern

  1. My latest: Bankruptcy hits the elderly where they live, literally: http://bit.ly/5VEk4S
  2. RT @Crampell Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo, which shows her having too much fun to be depressed - http://bit.ly/5imZID
  3. Credit card issuers are nothing if not crafty. Here's a new round of evasions and hidden fees: http://bit.ly/7joRbx
  4. Will your state raise taxes? The Pew Center offers a new map showing which states are most financially troubled http://bit.ly/2urcKw
  5. RT @taxwonks. Homeowners should appeal their tax assessments just for the heck of it. Most homes were revalued at the peak of the bubble.
  6. Planning your post-thanksgiving shopping strategy? Check out all the ads early at http://bfads.net
  7. Oops! Some over-stimulated their paychecks. Two-job couples, moonlighters and retirees may pay more in April. http://bit.ly/1DKdMX
  8. Buying a new washer/dryer for Christmas? Some 25 states offer #rebates for high-efficiency appliances. Check with your local utility.
  9. Get what's coming to you Call your car & homeowners insurance companies once a year and review all available discounts; you'd be surprised.
  10. BofA Visa holders can get a year of free companion tickets for $49 - but how much fat is priced into the first ticket?
  11. those unemployed who find jobs are eating 40 percent pay cuts to go back to work, says WSJ article. http://bit.ly/wsj40
  12. New Fed rules to limit overdraft fees caused by ATM cards, but not til next summer. Be careful out there!
  13. Sorry, but this advice is a little bit late: It is almost always better to take the first buyout you are offered. They get worse over time.
  14. Those credit card balance transfer fees? The ones that used to be 3%, capped at $75? Now they're hitting 5%, no cap. Read all tiny print.
  15. Setting up a new twitter presence @taxwonks. Follow me there if all you care about is tax news.
  16. RT @taxwonks There's a new $6,500 credit for homeowners who buy new homes. You can use it to trade up, down, or snag a beach house.
  17. That homebuyer's credit? Bigger and better now, good on contracts signed through April 30, and available even if you already own a home.
  18. not only have credit card issuers raised rates on their cash advance deals, many now charge 4 percent, sans cap, in extra transfer fees.
  19. Just got four packs of mentos gum for free by using triple coupons. As long as you don't count the time spent pairing up coupons and sales.
  20. The Senate is working on extending that homebuyers tax credit to folks who already have homes.