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.

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.

I’ve had an ING Direct online savings account for quite a while now, and I’ve been really happy with it. It’s really simple to set up and then transfer money between accounts. If you’ve been thinking about setting up an online savings account but just haven’t yet, there’s no better time than the present. As an incentive, if you use the link below and open your account with at least $250, then ING will give you $25 as a bonus. This will only work, however, for the first person that uses the link, so there’s really no time to waste…

ING Direct $25 Bonus Link

So we decided to head back to Dallas for an extended weekend, and we’re leaving tonight. It’s not something that I had really planned on doing, but I happened to find some pretty cheap flights on Southwest. Round trip for the both of us is just under $300, and we’ll stay with my brother and his wife.

I’m hoping to be able to post regular updates, but I guess we’ll just see how things go.

I thought I’d list some of the things that I’ve read over the last little while that might be worthwhile for some of you out there as well. But I’ll leave that last part up to you…

Here’s an interesting article from Tim Ferriss where he basically publishes his notes from the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. It’s usually beneficial to here what the Buffett has to say.

Since I have an interest in real estate, I found these two articles informative. I’ll call them number 1 and number 2. They’re both from the same blog and someone who has made a lot of money in real estate.

Over at Guy Kawasaki’s blog there’s a great question/answer post entitled, How to Escape Corporate America.

It’s interesting how so many people have so many different views about credit cards. Some people think that they’re evil and should never be used while others see them as useful tools. I happen to think that they can be extremely useful as long as they are understood and are used responsibly.

If you’re looking to find more information about credit cardsand find the type is best for your needs, then you can visit the site CreditCardsClub.com and browse around. You can find information about business cards, travel rewards cards, cash back cards, and many others. So check them out for more information.