Moving All Our Junk

As you can tell from the first two groups of articles below there are two things on my mind this weekend: houses and saving money.  I’m spending all weekend moving boxes into our new house; I told my wife I haven’t been this sore since soccer pre-season training back in college.  I think every muscle in my body is sore; luckily we’re having professional movers take our furniture over for us later in the week.

I’m also thinking about saving money because everyone wants you to pay them when you’re selling a house and moving.  On top of all the fees required when selling your house there are all kinds of moving expenses that seem to pop up.  Anyhow, back to moving.  I don’t have any good personal finance tips for you today so I gave you lots of money articles from around the web to check out.  Enjoy the reading, at least you’re not moving boxes…

Real Estate

• Calculating Net Worth: Should Home Values Be Included? @ Frugal Dad
• Making an Offer on a Home: How to Negotiate a Deal @ Generation X Finance
• How to Improve Your Chances of Getting a Mortgage @ Free Money Finance
• Should You Upgrade to a Larger Home? @ Good Financial Cents

Frugality

• Rent Textbooks To Save Money @ Suns Financial Diary
• How to Negotiate Like a Pro @ Five Cent Nickel
• How to Save Money when Eating Out @ Million Dollar Journey
• Saving Money by Eating Ethnically @ Money Ning
• 7 Ways to Avoid Paying Full Price @ Being Frugal
• How to Save Money on Household Cleaners @ The Money Crashers
• 6 Extremely Frugal Methods of Saving Money @ Budgeting in the Fun Stuff
• 8 Ways to Stretch Your Printer Ink Cartridges @ Saving Money Today
• How to Save Money on Your Wedding @ Frugal Confessions

Investing

• Should You Invest in the Top Fund of the Decade? @ Lazy Man & Money
• Own Stocks For The Long Run @ The Digerati Life
• Vanguard Expands Target Date Funds to Young Investors @ Consumerism Commentary
• Morningstar Admits Fund Expenses More Important Than Star Ratings @ My Money Blog
• Why Invest In Stocks @ Free From Broke
• What Is A Price To Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio)? @ Canadian Finance Blog
• Are You Ready To Invest In The Stock Market? @ Nerd Wallet
• Tax Efficient Investing @ Investor Junkie

Personal Finance

• Avoid These Financial Products @ Bargaineering
• 50 Best Finance-Related Movie Quotes of All Time @ Go Banking Rates
• How to Make Time to Deal With Your Finances @ Christian PF
• 10 Steps To Improve Your Finances @ The Wealth Artisan
• 8 Smart and effective debt reduction tips @ Beating Broke

Career

• My First Job Ended in Unemployment @ My Dollar Plan
• Do You Have a Plan for Unemployment? @ Cash Money Life
• Why You Weren’t Hired for the Job @ PT Money
• 5 reasons why your boss doesn’t like you @ Moneyed Up

Carnivals

• 5 Good Reasons Buying a House Requires Planning in Carnival of Financial Planning
• Borrowing Money from Family in Carnival of Money Stories

Ben Edwards, the founder of Money Smart Life, saved up enough to buy a Nintendo back when he was 12 years old. When he used the money to buy shares of Wal-Mart stock instead, he knew he wasn't like the other kids... His addiction to personal finance has paid off for his family and now he's helping you to afford the life that you want. Check him out on the web at Google Plus, Twitter and Facebook.

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