Read the Fine Print

To follow up on a few previous posts, two incidents occured this week that left me wincing. The first had to do with my student loan consolidation. If you’ve been following the site, you’ll know that I recently consolidated my 12 outstanding student loans and got a great fixed rate – 3.5 percent – for [...]

Budgeting Babe in the Wall Street Journal

At first I thought he was joking. I received an email from what looked like someone in sales talking about a great write up “The Budgeting Babe” received in the Wall Street Journal online. Considering how prestigious a “media hit” we in the public relations industry consider the Journal, I immediately scoffed and prepared to [...]

Extra cash? Email me!

I’m interested in learning about ways some of you make a little extra cash (legally, people!) on the side. Do you sell homemade products on E-Bay? Do you bartend on the weekends? Babysit your bosses’ kids? I recently found out that my little brother, 18, sells gaming “characters” on E-Bay. Basically he plays video games [...]

Free Credit Reports

It’s March 1st; that means residents of 12 more states, Illinois included, can get a free copy of their credit report. I checked mine today and appear to be free and clear of trouble. Check yours at https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp. The downside? No free credit score (you have to buy that complex mathematical formula). This leaves me [...]

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