I mentioned earlier that anyone can turn their hobby into a money making venture. While I do truly believe this, putting it into practice can sometimes have some horrifying unintended consequences. My house is a perfect example of this. My wife has always thought that Hello Kitty was cute and she would buy an item [...]
I admit it – I get hooked into the free razor give-aways. The fact is that the reason that razor companies can afford to give away razors is that the place they make their money is selling you the blades (a lot like printers and printer ink). And with blades on the latest and greatest [...]
Here’s a bit of interesting news. The big three credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion) have come up with a new scoring model that is uniform between the three companies. Up until now, each company had their own unique model for scoring an individual meaning that the scores were sometimes quite different. The new [...]
It looks like I’ll be spending the next 24 hours jumping for eBay again. They just announced another fixed price $0.10 sale for tomorrow (3/15) so that’s my cue to try and list as many items as I can. I’m shooting for 30 this time, maybe a few more depending on how motivated I am. [...]
One of the best places to begin when you decide to learn more about personal finances and investing is your local library. Public libraries have a wealth of information to tap into to better educate yourself about personal finances and investing. Now some libraries are taking it a step further by offering a free educational [...]
Does the (former) king of pop need some personal financial advice? Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 …and what exactly would you advise in such a situation?
I received this comment from Tim for my post on lala.com – CD Trading For $1: and let’s just screw the poor artist who made the music why not in this digital age everything is just free isn’t it? but eventually there will be a terrible price to pay and that will be the attenuation [...]
Welcome to the 39th edition of the carnival of personal finance. I decided to take a different tact with this carnival by ordering this week’s entries by when the blogs were started (newest ones first to give you a perspective of what the new generation is writing) with a link to their entry this week [...]
I’ve been following the auto wrap / paid to drive industry since it took off in the late 1990′s and came crashing down just as fast after the Internet bubble. Most paid to drive information you find on the Internet these days are nothing more than scams. I came across a company called FreeGasHelp.com that [...]
“Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” – Robert Orben The Latest List (and why I posted this ) And for those that are curious if you’ll be on that list someday… Do you have what it [...]
