Easy AMEX Points with a Business Checking Account

Easy AMEX Points with a Business Checking Account

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Last month, American Express began offering a bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards Points for opening one of their new Business Checking accounts and completing a few easy tasks. Since free points/money with bank accounts is a wonderful thing, I decided to jump on this one and think it’s a great idea for just about everyone to do the same. Here’s why.
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Free Money from Fidelity – Act Fast!

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Every so often, a deal for free money comes around that is too easy to pass up. Today is one of those days!
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Investing our Mortgage – 1-Year Update

About a year ago we bought a house, paid in full with cash. Then I got a small mortgage as an inflation hedge and to invest for fun and profit (or loss.)

We used a chunk of the mortgage to fund moving expenses and to acquire all of the typical home accoutrements, put solar on our roof, and pay the medium-sized tax bill that comes with selling enough stock to pay cash for a house. The remainder I put back into the market as a lump sum.

It has now been one year out of thirty. Let’s check in on how this investment is doing.

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