College is starting up around the country right now. My sister just began her freshman year of college, and like many people her age, this is her first time living away from home. For most people, going away to school is an eye opening experience. In a lot of ways, it’s sink or swim. Hopefully [...]
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I received a check from Ebates a couple days ago. It’s a little hard to see in this picture, but the check is for $121.80. That’s not bad for rebates on purchases I would have made anyway and for referring a few people! If you are not familiar with Ebates, I have written before about [...]
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Last week I was driving to my fantasy football draft when my check engine light came on. “Great,” I thought. “Now what?” It’s not a good idea to drive too far with your check engine light on because you don’t know what may be wrong. Unfortunately, a check engine light doesn’t tell you anything specific, [...]
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The end of summer is almost here, which means not only is it time to go back to school, but your student probably needs a computer and retailers want your money! So the goal here is to give your student the best computer while giving the retailer as little as possible to accomplish this. Thankfully, [...]
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School is starting back up, and now is the time to find great deals on back to school computers. Perhaps the best deal going on right now is the free iPod touch ($299 value) or free iPod nano ($199) and $100 rebate on a printer with the purchase of an Apple Computer. The deal is [...]
In many personal finance circles, the word debt has just as many negative connotations as the word carb does to dieters. The usual reaction is one of stark horror, condescension or even downright hatred. There are actually quite a few similarities between the two, both good and bad. 1. They both go straight for the [...]
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I received a comment from a reader last week asking me how to stop a spending addiction. The comment was left on an article about Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps, which is a process for getting out of debt, staying out of debt, and growing wealth. Dave Ramsey often speaks about the psychology of money as [...]
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