About Me

Pulling Off A $5,000 Wedding

I’m a Twitter-aholic. I mean, I have a serious Twitter problem.  If you check my Twitter feed, there are tweets going out…

April 3, 2015

Partner Posts

6 Strategies For Saving Money On Your Mortgage

Now that I am the proud owner of a new mortgage of my rental property, I’ve been thinking about how quickly I…

March 23, 2015

Credit

I Opened 3 Credit Cards And My Credit Score Went Up

At the end of January while I was snowed in one day, I sat down and threw a few of the rules…

March 13, 2015

Finance 101

Finance 101: Different Types of Mortgages

When buying a home most of us do not take our time in researching and determining the best options for a mortgage.…

March 8, 2015

Scams

IRS Early Filing Tax Refund Scam Growing Like Mad

There’s a relatively new scam in town that’s been picking up speed like a bullet train and you might already be a…

February 23, 2015

Credit

I’ve Been Hacked and My Identity Stolen. Now What?

Somewhere in the world, some hacker – who I hope is living a lonely existence – is pretty proud of himself.  Not…

February 20, 2015

Learn Something

10 Ways to Save Money on Life Insurance

There are few concerns that are more stressful than wondering what would happen to your family in the event of you passing. …

February 16, 2015

Save Money

A $5,000 Wedding in NYC? Yes!

As many of you know, I got engaged back in July of last year.  I immediately promised that my blog wouldn’t become…

February 9, 2015

About Me

How A Challenged Turned $500 Into $25,000 In Sales

Last year I joined a friendly challenge between personal finance bloggers hosted by Jeff Rose of Good Financial Cents.  We each had…

February 3, 2015

Learn Something

Infographic: 10 Best Selling Products In The World

The Christmas buying season might just about be over, but we’re not flocking to stores to throw money at the sales people…

December 26, 2014

Learn Something

Top 5 Reasons Why Baby Boomers Are Screwed

At 56 my mom is smack dab in the middle of the Baby Boomer generation.  For some reason, she still thinks that she’s pretty young…

October 27, 2014

About Me

6 Months Unemployed + 9 Month Temp Job = $50,000+ Debt Slayed In Less Than 2 Years

Get a comfy chair.  You’re going to be here for a while. Yesterday after paying down one bill I crunched the numbers…

October 23, 2014