Every once and a while there is some financial situation that crops up that either stresses you out or that you at least don’t really know what to do about. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing since it’s through these things that we learn, but at the time it can be very challenging. If you ignore the situation hoping that it’ll go away, it’ll most likely get worse. On the other hand you can choose to solve the problem in some way, and you’ll be better off for it because you have most likely learned a great deal along the way.

I’m currently dealing with moving across the country and having a property management company take care of my house. It will be my first experience using a property management company so I’m a little unsure of how everything will work out, but at the same time I’m excited since I’m hoping to continue using management companies in the future.

Now, if you’d like to see what you know already and what you have left to learn, you can check out BillsIQ and take a short quiz. It’s obviously nothing scientific and all-inclusive, but it may help point you in the right direction or make you think about something that you haven’t thought of yet. And I scored a 98 by the way.

The past little while has been really busy. We’ve had out of town visitors as well as then been out of town ourselves. We’re also getting ready to move in a little less than two weeks, and there’s plenty to get done just on that front. These are some of the reasons that I haven’t posted for a while, but I really should be posting more often.

It’s definitely going to get hectic over the next couple of weeks, but thing should settle down once our move to Arizona is over. And I’ll definitely have plenty to say once I’ve started the MBA program at Arizona State.

So I finally went ahead and applied for the American Express Blue Cash card. I’ve had my eye on the card for quite some time (at least over a year), and I honestly don’t know why I didn’t apply for it sooner. I have other cash back credit cards as well, but this one seems to consistently be one of the best, and it offers what look to be some of the best percentages out there.

I don’t have an affiliate link for the card or anything, but I recommend the card anyway. It’s really simple just to apply online and you have your approval within a couple of minutes. They’ll then send you the card within 7 to 10 business days if I remember correctly. I’m not going to explain exactly what the percentages are and everything else about the card, but you can visit their website for that. It’s at least something to consider, just pay it off every month and enjoy the rewards.

Many of you out there already run your own blog or website, but you may still be using one of the free services instead of having your own domain. There are many advantages to having your own unique domain name, which I’m not going to go into here, but in order to use your own domain you’re going to need your own web hosting. Fortunately, this is now very affordable and can be obtained for somewhere around seven our eight dollars per month. Web Hosting Geeks is a site that lists many of the different hosting providers that you can choose from when you start looking for a web hosting service. So if you’re not already on your own domain, you may want to start considering it.

Over the past weekend I borrowed another one of Robert Kiyosaki’s books from a friend. I believe it’s his latest one now, but I’m not certain about this. At any rate, this one is called Rich Dad’s Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money.

What do I think of the book?

If you’ve read some of his other books in the past, you’ll probably recognize a lot of the information in the book. He talks about the importance of financial intelligence as well as many other topics that he’s gone over before. It isn’t a bad read, but he does mention the fact that Nixon took us off the gold standard back in 1971 too many times. Now, here are the chapters in the book for those of you who may be interested in it:

1. What is Financial Intelligence?
2. The Five Financial IQ’s
3. Financial IQ #1: Making More Money
4. Financial IQ #2: Protecting Your Money
5. Financial IQ #3: Budgeting Your Money
6. Financial IQ #4: Leveraging Your Money
7. Financial IQ #5: Improving Your Financial Information
8. The Integrity of Money
9. Developing Your Financial Genius
10. Developing Your Financial IQ: Some Practical Applications

If you’re just starting out trying to get your finances in order and trying to get ahead, then you’d probably benefit from reading this book. If on the other hand, like I’ve already mentioned, you’ve already read some of his other books, then you’ll most likely find little value added.