July 2009

PF Round Up: Founding Fathers, Blogging, & Tax Free Money

July 10, 2009

Articles I enjoyed this week: Money tips from our Founding Fathers – Brilliant quotes from brilliant people! Including two of my favorites: Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. And while the Jefferson one is thought provoking, it still kills me that he died with so much debt. Turning $5,000 into $110,000 (tax free) – All it [...]

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Credit Report and Credit Score Quiz! (aww yeaaah)

July 9, 2009

Today’s all about testing your Credit IQ. Do you know what makes up that three digit number known as your credit score? Or how about what’s IN your credit report? Overall I’m pretty good about checking it once a year and staying on track of it, but I could certainly pay a little more attention. [...]

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Summer Tip: Buy winter clothes now!

July 8, 2009

It may not be possible @ all stores, but if you can – start picking up as many winter clothes as your budget permits. My bro just got a great a$$ deal over at Banana Republic due to them clearing shop (he picked up like five $60+ sweaters for only $14.99) I’ve also seen Gap, [...]

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Best Financial Calculators!

July 8, 2009

Home to the best financial, debt, mortgage, and loan calculators! I’ve been collecting some of these bad boys for a while and my hope is to keep adding to them as time goes on. If there are any you’d like to add, or believe I’ve forgotten, be sure to let me know :) It will [...]

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Control Lifestyle Inflation Before it Controls You.

July 7, 2009

***************************************************************** This is a guest post from video blogger Vik Tantry. He runs the personal finance site Kanjoh.com, and has some pretty wicked videos uploaded there – I highly recommend checking them out. A fun (and different) way to learn! ***************************************************************** It is fascinating how our tastes change. Back in college, I used to happily [...]

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How To Beat The Collection Agencies!

July 6, 2009

Fighting the collection agencies? My girl Kim (aka Little Miss Fortune) just put out a brilliant piece on how to settle and save BIG! $14,000 big in her case. And not only that, but she was just featured on a CNBC Segment to show how she did it :) As you can tell, I’m definitely [...]

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Best Free Budget Templates & Spreadsheets

July 6, 2009

These are the best free budget templates around – mostly from fellow personal finance bloggers! How awesome is that? ;) I have to put mine at the top, of course, but ANY of these have the potential of working well nicely. Remember, none of these budgets are perfect, but you can tweak & edit and [...]

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How crooks worm their way into your wallets.

July 3, 2009

Hah! Good one FTC (Federal Trade Commission). I originally had this post titled, “How to Spot a Scam“, but it just didn’t do them justice ;) Check out this email below and tell me if it’s not the awesomest thing you’ve ever read from them: Today’s troubled economic waters are infested with a voracious school [...]

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PF Round Up: Hoarders, Interventions, and $100 Bills

July 3, 2009

Favorite Finance Articles: I Want What She Has. The first sentence says it all, “The problem with being financially responsible is that sometimes it seems like everyone around you is having more fun. I Love Intervention. YES! I would love to see a “financial intervention”. Genius, sir. The 10 Year Savings Strategy: Saving money after [...]

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Payday Loans vs. Credit Cards

July 2, 2009

Payday Loans vs. Credit Cards – which are worse to take out cash from? They both have their pros and cons (mainly cons) but if you were in a bind and had to pick one, which would it be? This debate popped up during my coffee meet up w/ James from Dinks Finance last night [...]

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