Best This Week In Personal Finance
This post is late. I know, I know. I literally drove all night to get home. I left my rental home at almost 3am and got home after 6am and literally crashed into bed. I apologize for the lateness. Anyway, it’s time to bring you the best posts about personal finance that I found this week.
- Wealth Informatics had a post entitled, Where to Get Free stuff : Mega Guide to Freebies. You guys know how much I love free stuff. You should not only visit this page, but bookmark it and visit it often. No boobs needed to score free stuff.
- Boomer & Echo wrote 4 Reasons Why I Don’t Use A Mortgage Broker. I didn’t use one when I purchased my investment property because I do not have a mortgage. I guess that they can be useful, but here is a counterpoint to using one.
- Untempler wrote 3 Ways To Tell You Are Paying Too Much For Car Insurance. If you have a car it’s always a good idea to have insurance but that doesn’t mean that you have to overpay. I shop around every time it’s time to renew my car insurance and sometimes rates would have changed enough to warrant a switch.
- If you don’t have enough money, prioritizing what to pay is a must. That’s why I liked What Debts and Bills Should You Pay First If You Run out of Money over it Invest It Wisely. I know that lots of people are playing this juggling game these days. How many balls can you have up in the air at once?
- Okay this last one isn’t about money, but it’s so useful that I couldn’t help it:Â Make your own multi-surface cleaner by Miss Thrifty is something that we can all use…if
you ever clean your house. I’m a fan of replicating cleaning products if possible, especially since I have my own version of Oxiclean
I included all of these blogs because they have something in common: they have all been nominated for a Plutus Award. This award is the Oscars of independent personal finance blogs.  I’m honored to have been nominated and now selected as a finalist in both the Frugality and Debt blog categories. If you have a moment, please go over to the site and vote for me! I appreciate your votes.
Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend! I’ll be chowing down on burgers and barbequed goodness on Monday.
Great round up. I especially liked the nominees theme.
Thanks 20′s. I hope you have a lazy Labor Day.
Thanks for the mention Sandy! And a big congrats on your nominations!! Hope you can catch up on sleep soon. Driving at 3am sounds beyond brutal. -Sydney
Thanks for the mention, Sandy. Congrats on your Pltus nominations and bext of luck to you!
Thanks for the mention Sandy. I saw the photos from your rental. The tenant left it in an awful condition. Can’t wait to see the refinished apartment photos.
Well, now I feel triply spoilt! Not only do I get a lovely mention on the Yes, I Am Cheap blog, but I also get a shout-out for my Plutus nom (page 7 of the voting form – Best International Blog. Ahem.)
- AND I’ve just discovered your homemade OxiClean recipe! Not sure where I can get hydrogen peroxide from in the UK but, like you, my husband has a chemistry degree, so I’m sure I can find out soon enough! Thanks.
Hydrogen peroxide is quite common here as cleaning wounds. You can find it at your local pharmacy. It’s really cheap too. Maybe $1.25 for a 24 ounce bottle.
Congratulations Sandy (and everyone else!) on the nomination(s)!
Thanks for the inclusion Sandy and congrats on the nomination! You got my vote when I checked out the site yesterday
I just got done voting and didn’t know the group of sites you were listed under, so I checked them all out and voted you! Hope you win
Thank you so much Ben!!!! I really appreciate your vote. I’m up against some big blogs so every vote counts.