If you’ve got a little time, I have seen no better example that encapsulates, in one man’s story, the mania that preceded the housing bubble and its very painful aftermath.
His story is jaw-dropping. A financial correspondent for the NY Times Washington bureau, Edmund L. Andrews’s $120,000 salary was never going to support $4,000 in monthly [...]
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Where We Are Now, and How We Got Here
May 27th, 2009 No Comments
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Wells Fargo: A Rant Over ‘Sellthis,’ Not Service
May 20th, 2009 5 Comments
In ordering my fourth debit card in less than a year from Wells Fargo, I have gotten very familiar with its brand of customer service, which is, there is no “service” as you and I understand the term. Let’s call it “sellthis.” The commitment, first and foremost, to the upsell.
“I see you qualify for [...]
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Refinance? What to Consider
February 10th, 2009 No Comments
We’ve entered the homework phase of looking into refinancing.
Here are the steps to take:
1. Check our three credit reports so we know our scores. Possibly also talk to our financial planner about whether refinancing makes sense for us. (See Reasons Not to Refinance.) For us it would be the pros and cons (savings versus costs) [...]
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