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If You’re Playing the Balance Transfer Game…
If any of you are playing the credit card “Balance Transfer Game” right now (where you move credit card balances to new cards at 0% to save on interest and pay them down faster), here’s a couple of...
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Awesome FREE Place to Check Your Credit Score – Can You Beat Me? ;)
I don’t know why I’m so late to the parties these days, but color me a new fan of Credit Sesame – a place where you can get your credit score for free and then have ‘em email you when it changes (so...
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Nice Try, Credit Card Scammers!
Whelp, it looks like I’m officially a victim of credit card theft. Some asshat tried stealing my c/c number to make all kinds of purchases online, but was promptly REJECTED cuz they were going up...
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How I Got Fired & Took a Free Vacation to New Orleans
(Guest Post by Matthew Trotter while J$ is out on maternity leave ;)) When I found out that I was losing my job due to outsourcing, I decided that I needed to do something drastic. I needed to drop...
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How I Made $4,000+ on a Cash Back Credit Card Offer
(Guest Post by Joe Taxpayer) Ever watch movies that have those great car chase scenes? The Fast and Furious series for instance? At the very end of the movie, we see a disclaimer something to the...
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Does Your Credit Score Matter If You Don’t Do Debt?
A long time ago I told my friend Brad from EnemyofDebt.com that not paying attention to your credit score is dumb. I refused to listen to him on all his thousand and one reasons why he could care...
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How Should You Spend Your Credit Card Rewards?
Here’s a short post/tip for you today for all those money nerds out there still soaking in this stuff as the holidays loom ;) Merry Christmas Eve everyone! This question came into my inbox this...
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Money Lies And The Devil
My friend Serena recently came out with a new blog about “getting your life straight” (so new, in fact, that there’s only 2 posts on it!), but her 2nd post really hit the nail on the head: Lying to...
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#OccupyCashOnly
(Guest post by a friend of mine who wishes to be anonymous ;)) He spread the 20 dollar bills in piles of hundreds on the table in front of me. 8 total rows of $100 each. For a moment, I felt like I was...
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“I have never paid with a credit card in a store in my life.”
One of our readers here just commented that on an article of ours!! WOWWWWW… Can you imagine? NEVER using a credit card ever? It’s like spotting the elusive Unicorn or Big Foot! Or better yet, my...
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Credit Score Dating Anyone?
(Guest post by Eric, from the personal finance blog Narrow Bridge Finance) Anyone who has hit the dating circuit over the last few years knows that it is a bit of a jungle out there. Gone are the days...
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A Negative Credit Card Balance?
As many of you probably (should) do, I log in to all my accounts each morning to make sure all my pennies are playing nice with each other in their respectable homes :) Most of the times they are, but...
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On Debt: Generation X vs. Generation Y
Came across this pretty cool press release this morning by SaveUp.com (weird right? a press release being cool? ;)), and thought it made for some perfect banter today. Little pieces of A.D.D. candy...
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How I Fought My Financial Demons of The Past and Won
(Guest post by Natalie of the blog, Debt And The Girl) Do you ever feel like something is hovering over your shoulder? Like something is looming behind you that you cannot explain? I certainly have....
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Wallet Crashing #1: J. Money
What up, what up! Welcome to the debut of our new series on the site we like to call “Wallet Crashing.” Where I go around and take a peek at the contents of people’s wallets, purses and murses, and...
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What I learned about money growing up in former USSR
[Guest post by Anton from Dreams Cash True ] I was born in the USSR and am damn proud of it. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not a die-hard communist by any means (I’m running a business here in America,...
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This Month’s Hits & Misses
Good morning my sexy little budgeters! I hope y’all have had a killer week and you’re ready to extend the awesomeness into the weekend :) If you’re hitting up FINCON13 with me here in St. Louis, make...
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Wallet Crashing #2: Personal Finance Expert, Author, and Today Show...
Welcome to our 2nd round of Wallet Crashing! Last time you got a sneak peak of none other than Mr. J. Money‘s wallet money clip, and this time I’m proud to show off the contents of personal finance...
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9 Tips to Simplify Your Finances
As many of you know, I’m all about simplifying, simplifying, simplifying. We’ve done it with 99% of our bank accounts/retirement accounts – having everything under one roof – and I continue to work on...
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Proof That Getting Out of Debt is VERY Possible
I’m not going to pretend I know anything about debt since I’ve been fortunate enough to avoid it for most of my life (outside of mortgages, ugh…), BUT, I’m 100% convinced that anyone who truly wants...
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