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My friend, Steve Haas, wrote this great article for me back in November about leasing vs buying. I kind of sat on it. A lot. I sat on it for over 3 months because I had this gut feeling that I couldn’t quite place and I didn’t discuss with Steve until today because I am not criticizing what he wrote but in this economic snapshot we… [[Continue reading]]

As of last Friday, August 8th, fuel prices at the pump had dropped for the 22nd consecutive day. They have continued to drop but on that day, I decided to ask my busy father of 5 friend, Robert Gonzalez, from Twitter a few questions about how the price drop is affecting his family this summer.

Robert and his wife have 5 kids ranging from 3 to 12… [[Continue reading]]

One of the most popular things that I have written about in my internet travels has been the result of an observation: so many people search online for cosigning on car loans and the potential pitfalls. I want to explain that when I write about issues like these, my expertise comes from personal experience and not from my art degree. Some of my expertise is really just opinion… [[Continue reading]]

It was recently reported in Used Car News that there has been a significant drop in sales to Hispanic buyers in the US.

While part of that drop could be the pre-shocks of the REAL ID Act of 2005 sending tremors through the undocumented or illegal population, the rest can be attributed to the slumping housing market and the aftershocks among the legal skilled labor and construction workers… [[Continue reading]]