Free Credit Reports are Scary!!!

More and more, it seems there are TV commercials and internet ads offering to get you your credit report for free. But is it really free? Because if it is, who pays for those TV commercials? Of course these places aren’t free! Oh, they’ll get you a free credit report alright, it’s just that you have to sign… Read More »

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Mad at the TV (ie: Section 179 is NOT corporate welfare!)

Those who know me know I’m not very political and I tend to look at politics and the like from a distance. I think being in the equipment finance industry makes me that way: When times are good, companies finance equipment. When times are bad, other companies finance equipment. When republicans are in office, certain companies think their… Read More »

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Equipment Financing Mailbag

Sometimes, I get e-mail comments to my blog posts. The Section 179 posts in particular got some comments. These are always friendly discussions, mind you, and typically fairly short, as I usually just try to further clarify my point. Recently, I got the following in my inbox, and I thought it might be interesting to post it here,… Read More »

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Snookered on financing equipment

Ok, the title is a little misleading, but I couldn’t come up with anything wittier in regards to what I’m writing about this week. You’ll see what I mean soon enough… Anyway, the Fletcher clan went on vacation over the 4th of July weekend & my extended family rented one of those huge beach houses in North Carolina’s… Read More »

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Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 Expenditures Part Two

Recently, I told you how my wife and I were looking into spending our Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 checks. I want to give a short update in that regards (we’ll get back to equipment finance and the like next time & I know you’re all waiting with baited breath.) Anyway, I went ahead and purchased my grill.… Read More »

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