As many of our readers know, we’re refinancing our primary residence in an attempt to get out of our ARM. To make a long story short, we received our loan disclosure and approval documents in the mail yesterday.

The loan amount was wrong, and they wanted to charge us a $200.00 processing fee. This after wrangling with the WaMu sales staff for a week via email! Todays point: Always read the fine print.

Best,

James

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1) Collaborate: Meet regularly to talk about money, set goals together, track and monitor them.

2) Understand and respect your partner. Take time to understand your partners values about money.

3) Watch the numbers. Get a budget, monitor your spending and track your net worth.

4) Max your retirement. Maximize contributions to your tax deferred retirement accounts.

5) Invest in stock. Stocks perform better than bonds or cash.

6) Avoid high interest debt. Credit cards and title loans are financial cancer.

7) Diversify. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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