Wealth Today

With a technology background, I know about building and putting together computers. My wife and I really need more than one computer (honestly, more than two or even three).

I was able to put some scrap parts together and we had two new computers. The second one’s kind of limited in the area of hardware, but we it will do. I used Ubuntu instead of Windows, and I’ve found excellent free replacements for all the software. That’s where I saved thousands. Everything is free.

I’ve started a blog and it will tell you how you can save a load of cash using the free operating system. The blog’s called Ubuntu For Free and you can find it on the http://www.forwardyouth.com home page.

Recently, my wife was a victim of identity fraud. After getting our credit levels to a point where we were satisfied, we’d cancelled our credit report monitoring service several months earlier. We’ve since re-rolled in PrivacyGuard to monitor our reports. I suggest it or any similar service. Try out PrivacyGuard for two months for a dollar with no commitment (my wife called to cancel, they gave her 2 months more for the price of 1 (that’s $14 for 4 mos). That’s *extremely* competitive. The best thing about Privacy Guard, is you can order your report and see scores from all three at any time you want.

After several phone calls, letters, faxes, etc… her score is recovering, but still 60 points below where it was. We should have never cancelled it

Some more helpful hints: 

• shred everything
• trust no one