Two scrambled eggs and a piece of toast with peanut butter is a cheap, healthy breakfast that will get you through to lunch.  A tuna sandwich and a piece of fruit is a cheap, healthy lunch.  Spaghetti and green beans is a cheap, healthy dinner.  Yogurt is a cheap, healthy snack.  No soda, no candy, no chips, no prepare...more

Intelligent people of ANY color did not vote for Obama in 2008. They did their research and realized that he is the son of a Kenyan, not a slave descendant as we would hope the first black president would be.  His lack of experience made it apparent to intelligent people of any color that he could not turn the economy ...more

I hope no one is mad at Morgan Freeman for stating the obvious.  The first black president will be the descendant of slaves in America.  Barack Obama is not a descendant of slaves despite his skin tone.

I've been there.  Dad could not see the young gold digger for what she was and that she was only using him until she used him up and moved on.  She worked hard at creating a wedge between me and my father, all the while trying to make herself look like a saintly, Christian woman.  She even convinced my dad's brother th...more

I would hate to see anyone discouraged from trying to get a loan on an affordable home for their family.  If you find a good home for a good price (which is doable in the current market), please don't be discouraged from trying to get a loan.  I figure if we were able to do it since my husband had not had the new job l...more

Huh, well we got a loan from the local bank for $31,000 on our $41,000 house we recently purchased.  Maybe it was a personal loan since we are making the payments directly to the local bank instead of a mortgage company???  Or maybe our downpayment made the difference in securing the loan?  Or maybe it's because it's t...more

Loans are made for $30,000 + SUV's every day so why wouldn't a person be able to get a home loan for $30,000?  And if you do the repairs a few at a time as you can afford it, you don't have to have a lot of cash in hand.

California Dreaming, you are correct.  We realized after 3 years that we should never have extended ourselves into our large, expensive home in the first place.  We started recalling that we lived in 1200 sq ft houses or smaller growing up and our parents were not both working themselves to death to pay for the roof ov...more

Yes!!!  I am so glad to see an article like this!  Although, sadly, many people have too much pride to live in a $30,000 house.  We sold our McMansion this year after a job loss and relocation.  Our new home costs $41,000 and we are every bit as content as we were with our former home.  In fact, we may be happier.  We ...more