Favorite Articles This Week:
- Do you suffer from Financial Inferiority Complex? OMG Frugal Dad does it again ladies and gentlemen! Entertaining, educational, and downright creative. Mad props FD.
- 6 Financial things I wish I had known when starting out in life. One of my favorites: don’t sign up to the first credit card offer you get! If only people listened…oh, and look for a healthy debate between Brad (Enemy of Debt) and I in the comments re: credit cards ;)
- 12 Steps to Debt Free Addicts Anonymous. Speaking of the devil! Super creative idea as well – be sure to check it out and sign your name in the comments! Things work a lot smoothly when you hold yourself accountable.
- Peer to Peer Lending Recommendations. Quick insights on Prosper.com, LendingClub.com, and Kiva.org via my friends over at the DINKS blog.
- How to be a horrible credit card customer. “There aren’t very many areas of life where you get rewarded for being bad.” Hah! Big fan of leveraging those credit cards.
Carnivals From The Week:
Update: Forgot to mention, I’ll be hosting the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights this next Thursday – July 23rd. I’ll remind everyone when it gets closer via twitter, but be sure to enter :) Now back to the most recent carnivals: (*** = Favorites)
- Best of Money Carnival #7 – “Financial Collapses” ed. hosted by My Life ROI
- Carnival of Pecuniary Delights*** – “Sweet 16″ ed. hosted by Wise Bread
- Carnival of Personal Finance #213*** – “New Zealand” ed. hosted by Man vs. Debt
- Festival of Frugality – “Frugal For The Win” ed. hosted by M Is For Money
- Carnival of Twenty Something Finances – hosted by Money Under 30.
