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Cash 4 Card

Anonymous — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:33:58 -0800

A company sent me a "debit card" with a Visa logo with a balance of several thousand dollars to use as I please. The text on the front of the card is "usbank managed spend". How can I withdraw the balance while paying the least in fees?

help managing my money

serazin — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:50:24 -0800

Financial skills building classes or workshops for a low-income person with crappy money management skills? I have demonstrably terrible money management skills - constantly overdrawing my bank account, the beginnings of credit card debt, etc. I'm a single parent and about to become a full-time student, and I'm expecting things to get worse. But I want to head off further problems at the pass.

I know that there are non-profits that help low-income people manage money better, and I think I need the help of one of these organizations! I'm willing to take a class on the topic - better yet would be some individualized coaching and support. I'm in Oakland, CA - so something in SF or the East Bay would be ideal. Book recommendations are also OK, but sadly, my limited reading of Your Money or Your Life and related stuff hasn't sunk in so well. I think in-person help might make a bigger difference. Thanks in advance,

how to plan for a move

haikuku — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:08:34 -0800

I own a home in the mountains of WNC. It is large and old (1895) and in fair condition. Fortunately, (and unfortunately), it is in an area that is experiencing a lot of influx by wealthy folks fleeing whatever. It is time to begin thinking about my next life. I plan to move to a quieter location in the same vicinity and build a small home in a four years when my son goes to college. I have about (cringe) $8,000 in credit card debt, a $30,000 mortgage, and probably $100,000 in untapped equity in the house. Should I borrow more money to, 1) pay the credit card debt, 2) fix the house up, 3) buy some land before it all gets subdivided.

American Bringing Cuban Goods into the U.S.

cookie googleman — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:58:33 -0800

I'm an American traveling to Cuba legally (under a general license). What are the restrictions on what I can/cannot bring back into the U.S.?

How to spend $5000 of newly found money.

sirsteven — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 23:04:55 -0800

Just today our engineering students society found $5000 in a safe we didn't know we had. Now we've got to spend it, preferably in some useful and/or awesome way. Do you have any suggestions on what a students society might want to spend it on? We've got a lounge with a few old computers, a really cool fridge and a big-screen tv (so we don't need those things). We usually get 30 grand per year in student fees but this feels like we just won the lottery. Holding the rolls of bills feels like we're drug dealers or something. It would be cool if whatever we spend it on is something we could remember year down the road(or not, whatever goes).