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Create passive income from writing

One of the latest passive income streams that I have started is writing articles for eHow. In fact, I just published my first article this morning on eHow. The article is titled How to sell covered call options. I have always had a passion for options trading, which is also on my [...]

Passive Income Streams - Recap July (2008)

While this post is several weeks late, I wanted to continue to post monthly results of my multiple streams of income . Today, I would like to provide a status on my July monthly results and will post the August results later this month. Remember, my long-term goal is to become financially [...]

PFI Weekly Updates - September 3 (2008)

Welcome to Passive Family Income (PFI) and the weekly updates. I normally write this post every Tuesday but got pushed back this week due to the Labor Day holiday. Hopefully everyone had a safe and fun holiday!
Weekly Updates
I continue to search and test out new themes for PFI. While I [...]

Wholesale Club Memberships

Last week, my wife and I had to make a frugal decision. Our membership at BJ’s Wholesale Club was set to expire at the end of the month. Our choice was to pay the $45 yearly membership fee for another year, or choose not to extend the membership. This was a decision [...]

Buying furniture - A passive income opportunity?

My wife and I have been searching for a dining room table set for several months. We have always wanted a dining room that was not too formal but a place where we could have family dinners away from the television and other distractions. Our new home has a dinning area which can [...]

Frugal and Freecycle Landscaping

One of my passions in life is landscaping and working outdoors. Another passion and sometimes obsession of mine is to live frugally. Unfortunately, when these two passions come together, the sometimes frugal obsession in me always wins. One of the hardest things for me to deal with in regards to frugal living [...]

PFI Weekly Updates - August 26 (2008)

Welcome to Passive Family Income (PFI) and the weekly updates. It was another interesting and wild week in the land of personal finance!
Carnivals
I took the week off from participating in any carnivals. Instead, I focused on creating new and growing existing passive income streams. I spent a lot of time [...]

Monthly Budget - July (2008)

The Family Budget
Although this post is extremely late, I have finally finished calculating the results of our July (2008) monthly budget. We came in under budget once again, but are inching closer to the break-even point, which I am starting to become concerned about. Unfortunately, we are having an issue controlling our Grocery [...]

Affiliate Marketing Passive Income Stream

I recently posted my list of alternative income streams that I am currently working on in order to generate extra income. The goal is to create many different forms of income outside of my day-to-day job. As each of these income streams are developed, the plan is to make them operate with very [...]

P2P Loan Status - August (2008)

In an ongoing effort to increase monthly cash flow, I am participating in Prosper as both a lender and a borrower. I lend money to fellow borrowers to help them get out of debt and also to generate a form of passive income. I also borrow money from Prosper at a low rate [...]