Interview Series – Cash Money Life
September 1, 2011
Ryan Guina shares his experiences with money bullies in this edition of the interview series. In case you missed the explanation of the series, I’m interviewing the speakers at the upcoming Financial Bloggers Conference. As you’ll read in his answers Ryan is a former military man and now runs a site called The Military Wallet where he […]
TradeKing Promotion $100 Signup Bonus
August 30, 2011
This month’s TradeKing promotion earns you $100 for opening a new account with the online broker. The number of people using the online brokerage has been growing quickly over the last few years, not due just to the TradeKing promotions but also because they make it cheaper and easier for their customers to invest their […]
Interview Series – Go To Retirement
August 26, 2011
If you’ve ever been to a conference before, you know it’s kind of neat to get a chance to talk to the speakers afterwards and pick their brain. Usually the people who speak at conference are not only knowledgable but more importantly enjoy talking about their area of expertise and sharing their stories and insights. This […]
Best Cloud Data Storage For Your Money
August 24, 2011
The best cloud services for your data was the topic of a recent research article by Gizmodo best way to store stuff in the cloud. They provided a great summary chart of the various cloud storage services they reviewed and how much data you can store in each. The thing I was looking for was […]
What Keeps You Up At Night?
August 16, 2011
Falling asleep has never been a problem for me but a few weeks ago I went to bed worrying and was up all night tossing and turning. The next day I started thinking about all the things we spend money on to help us sleep at night. Not mattresses and sleep aids but the big […]
Invasion of the Pests
August 1, 2011
While most of you have probably been fretting over the national debt, whether it will be paid, and what it will mean for our economy – I’ve been dealing with armies of pests. Of course, I’m concerned about what will happen with our out-of-control debt but I’ve been pre-occupied with termites eating our house, moles […]
What Do You Need For Your Blog?
July 18, 2011
I don’t talk much about what goes on behind the scenes of this site because I know your main interest is personal finance, not all the reasons why I’m still up at 4 AM working on this blog post. However, today we’re going to take a break from personal finance and I’ll start with a […]
5 Secrets to Surviving a Short Sale
July 13, 2011
Thanks to Neal for this guest post on things he learned about surviving a short sale. A generation ago a “short sale” was a special on Capri pants at and the local department store. A decade ago a “short sale” was a stock transaction that bet on failure.And now, it’s something completely different, and depressingly […]
Credit Card Offers – Cash Bonus Comparison
July 10, 2011
Credit card offers can be tough to compare because the terms of the bonus vary from card to card. While the cash bonus is probably what catches your eye there are other factors to consider, like what you have to spend in order to earn the bonus and whether the card has an annual fee […]
Weekend Investing Roundup
July 4, 2011
We’ve written a lot about investing over the last few weeks. So far we’ve tried to address questions that you might have about investing your money. Some of the most popular ones have been about getting started as an investor, with topics like: How to Set Investing Goals Investing on a Budget Where to Invest […]