Personal Finance March Madness
FreeMoneyFinance is getting into the March Madness spirit by starting his own tournament featuring the 64 best articles in all personal finance land. Each personal finance blogger is allowed to …
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Pay off Debt or Invest for Retirement
I recently had a reader who wanted me to write an article on whether it’s better to pay down debt or invest. Seeing as how I was recently profiled over at No Credit Needed I figured now was as …
Read MoreIt’s one thing learn something it’s another thing to actually act on the information
A couple days ago my wife was reading CNN in the morning when she came across an article on a peanut butter recall, we both read the article and seeing how she is thinking about starting her own …
Read MoreFestival of Frugality #62 at LazyManAndMoney is a HomeRun!
This week’s festival of frugality is hosted at LazyManAndMoney and for being so Lazy he sure did a bang up job on this week’s festival. If you have ever hosted a carnival you know how much …
Read MoreMFJ one year ago (Feb 2006)
Well my blog has been around for over a year now so I guess I can start highlighting some posts from a year ago. I think this is kind of nice because I can occasionally see what I was thinking a year …
Read MoreThe fine line of frugality
I would consider myself a frugal person. I live well within my means and never make a purchasing decision without painstakingly going over the details to make sure I really “need” the item …
Read MoreClothes as an investment??
Today I went clothes shopping. I bought a lot of new clothes. In fact I spent more money on clothes today than I probably have in the last seven years combined. Now to put that in perspective I can …
Read MoreUpdate to my $100,000 by age 30 goal
When I originally set my $100,000 by age 30 goal I needed to sort of cheat and I made the goal to have $100,000 in principal (money I contributed) in my retirement accounts by Dec 31 of the year in …
Read MoreNeed some extra money - sue a telemarketer
I’m always looking for side jobs or easy ways to make some extra money on the side. Turns out that you might be able to make a decent amount of money by suing companies who violate the do not …
Read MoreHow to go about frugal landscaping - Part I
Well I just talked about the true cost of owning a home and well if I want to stay happily married I’m going to have to spend some money on landscaping this summer. So obviously I want to figure …
Read MoreI’ve switched to full text feeds
Not wanting to be left out I too have switched to full-text feeds. To be honest I’m not sure why I even had partial feeds to start with as I hate reading feeds that only give me a teaser and …
Read MoreThe true cost of owning a home - or reasons why renting isn’t all that bad.
My wife and I were discussing whether her soon-to-be-married brother and his future wife should really be looking to purchase a home right away. Knowing what I know about the couple and my personal …
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