Credit
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In today’s post-recession world, banks have tightened lending standards considerably in order to reduce their exposure to risky bets, and now more…
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Author: Sandy Smith
I started this blog years ago as a way of keeping myself accountable to my own debt reduction plans. Now I'm using this site to help others get out of debt, and learn about personal finance so that they can live their best lives.
News
$2M Lottery Winner Uses Food Stamps
I’m not providing commentary on this one, just reporting the news. A Michigan man has been collecting and using food stamps for…
May 20, 2011
Learn Something
Coupon Industry Fights Illegal Extreme Couponing
I will not beat the extreme couponing horse to death, since it has been covered by just about every frugal blog on…
May 18, 2011
News
Pay What You Want Panera Racks Up
Proving that people are basically good, the pay what you want Panera opened a year ago is steadily posting profits. The concept…
May 16, 2011
Rental Property
Losing My Tenant From Hell
I have purposely not updated you on my dealing with my tenant because I knew that this day would come. My tenant…
May 13, 2011
Rants
Last of the Unmarried Mohicans
Danger: This is a rant. An interesting thing has been happening in my office over the last few years. Everyone has been…
May 11, 2011
News
100 Most Value Global Brands 2011
And the spending continues! Apple keeps cranking out enough updates to keep the buying public interested, helping it to rank #1 as…
May 10, 2011
Reduce Debt
My Debt Consolidation Experience and Rules
Did I ever tell you guys that I had previously paid off over $20K in debt way back in my early 20’s?…
May 4, 2011
Learn Something
Going To Extremes To Save?
TLC has a new program called Extreme Couponing that has gained a cult following with both frugal people like myself, and with…
May 2, 2011
Rants
Is The Frugal Movement Over?
I smell doom for the frugality movement in the air. Like Donald Trumps hair, it was only a matter of time before…
April 28, 2011
Investing
The Battle Over a Fiduciary Standard for Financial Advisors
When the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 21, 2010,…
April 27, 2011
Learn Something
Cheapskate Video Pick: Japanese Micro House
It’s another Monday and to be quite honest with you, my brain is in sleep mode. I spent the weekend doing some…
April 25, 2011