What is the best investment vehicle for "income stream", i.e. where can you put your money and get a return that you could live off of? Any recommendations?
posted on May 8, 2008 - 14 answers

Should I choose a private student loan based on the 1-month LIBOR or the Prime Rate? [more inside]
posted on Apr 8, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm currently running a business where I monitor computers for people. I use custom made software that gets by all the anti-malware scanners and through the firewalls. I have been charging $40/hr for the first hour, and $45 for each hour after that. Since most of work may only take 1-4 hours per client I've been told that I'm charging too little. Figures have been thrown at me by friends, family and even clients that I should charge $60, $75 or even $100. What is a fair amount in this business. Yes this involves spying on people at the workplace, churches and spouses. My first question. I've searched mefi for similar stuff and came up empty.
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 15 answers

What's a reasonable hourly rate for a freelance IT guy? Phone systems, networking, basic setups, etc. [more inside]
posted on Feb 10, 2008 - 9 answers

Are US high schools graduation rates for private, parochial, and target schools real? [more inside]
posted on Oct 11, 2007 - 14 answers

Freelance writers, help! How -- and how much -- should I charge for this book project? [more inside]
posted on Sep 12, 2007 - 11 answers

I have just spent the afternoon watching stocks around the world decline partially based on sub prime market fallout. My question is how can things be so great when the Fed is handing out stacks of cash to keep things stable (34 Billion USD and counting, not including the international bail out)?
posted on Aug 10, 2007 - 25 answers

Economist filter: How exactly does the fed set interest rates? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2007 - 9 answers

How much should I charge for my freelance design services? Have to give a quote by tomorrow, and I don't know how to determine what my time/my skills/the job/etc. is worth in order to quote them fairly. [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2007 - 12 answers

Interest rates and Inflation, does anyone actually understand it? [more inside]
posted on Mar 21, 2007 - 26 answers

What is the going rate for one-on-one tutoring in chemistry? [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2007 - 10 answers

If it costs me, say, 2 cents a minute to call a landline in Europe and, say, 25 cents a minute to call a cell phone in that same city- why isn't there a service (in Europe) that allows me to call a landline which connects my call to a mobile phone (and charges me 5 cents a minute or a monthly charge or whatever) Or, is there?
posted on Jan 19, 2007 - 12 answers

Too many phone service providers. Help me reduce down to what I really need. [more inside]
posted on Jan 16, 2007 - 2 answers

I've been uploading family photos to flickr and am thinking of offering to pay my nieces and nephews (ages 8-12) to tag them. What would be a reasonable rate? I want to encourage a work ethic in them, so it's important to me that I not under- or over-pay them.
posted on Jan 9, 2007 - 12 answers

The unanswerable(?) questions about rates. RE: Web design, development, photography and the works. There is, of course: [more inside]
posted on Nov 20, 2006 - 7 answers

When I moved from one town in Mass to another 4 years ago the rate DOUBLED. I can't move back there (commuting) but I'm looking for a town by town comparison. Googled it, Groups too, maybe too deep down, maybe queries were weak. Where if anywhere can I find this info? [more inside]
posted on Nov 3, 2006 - 10 answers

I'm working on a grant, and one of the only 'hard' numbers we have is from a qualitative study in the community we work in, which estimated that 30-40% of under-16s are trafficked at some point. I'm trying to take that likely-conservative 30-40% and figure it out as a per-year risk. [more inside]
posted on Aug 31, 2006 - 7 answers

Reasonable rates for very basic photoshop service? [more inside]
posted on May 30, 2006 - 8 answers

What should I charge for photographing artwork? [more inside]
posted on Mar 30, 2006 - 11 answers

To all professional graphic designers - What is the going professional rate for designing a catalog. [more inside]
posted on Jan 13, 2006 - 6 answers

Life insurance: When my husband and I got our term policies years ago, he was a smoker and paid a higer rate. [more inside]
posted on Oct 13, 2005 - 7 answers

Where can I compare rates for land loans? Failing that, any recommendations for good lenders to use for land loans? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2005 - 1 answers

A co-worker is trying to determine reasonable advertising rates for a newsletter we publish. Any ad buyers out there able to help us out? [more inside]
posted on May 13, 2005 - 4 answers

What's the going hourly rate for building complex web apps these days? An acquaintance asked me if I could help them add functionality to their existing web app suite. (More details inside)
posted on Feb 8, 2005 - 9 answers

I started designing websites as a hobby, either for free or as a part of my job. Now I have some people interested in hire my services as a webdesigner but I don't know how to calculate a quote or what are the acceptable prices in the business.
How do you calculate a quote for designing a website?
posted on Nov 23, 2004 - 4 answers

What is the best thing to do with a small amount of money, around $5,000? Savings interest is almost a joke, CDs look attractive or maybe even mutual funds. Preferably the safer the better, as in investing it all in a high-risk mutual fund and losing it would make me cry. I've checked out "Investment FAQ" and it seems as if CDs are the best. I know little about investing but making money doing nothing intrigues me. What would be an expected return on such an investment? Is it even worth locking the money up for something like $10 a month?
posted on Mar 3, 2004 - 20 answers