Archive for June, 2007
How to Eat When You Have Literally Nothing
Some people live dangerously close to the edge of poverty and one financial hit could make them homeless. Generally they have low wage jobs and there’s just not much money around. Most of us will go through a phase like this in our life, it’s not fun or easy, but it’s survivable. If you’ve hit [...]
Festival of Frugality #79
Hi, Hello, and Welcome to the 79th edition of the festival of frugality. We had 40 unique and insightful post submitted to us this week by a number of different personal finance bloggers, so take some time and enjoy the works they have created. If you’ve been to FinanceIsPersonal.com (formerly known as Getting Green) before, [...]
The Ten Truths of Frugal Grocery Shopping
Unless you plan on eating out for every meal in your life in hopes of having a heart attack by age 40, chances are you’re going to need to make a weekly trip to your local Hy-Vee, Wal-Mart, or whatever grocery store happens to be prevalent in your area. Unfortunately most of us seriously mess [...]
Festival of Under 30 Finances: Summer Heat Edition
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Festival of Under 30 Finances. If you’ve never read an edition before, you’re in for a treat. You’ll find a series tips, tricks and ideas to help you step on up in the financial world, especially if you’re in younger years in your adult life. We had a [...]
It’s Time to Dump Your Cable Bill: Get Free TV Online
One might think that cable prices would go down over-time due to increased competition and better technology, but that certainly hasn’t been the case in North America in the last decade. Cable prices are seemingly increasing perpetually, and we’re nickel-and-dimed to death for every extra feature that we might want along with our cable package. [...]
Carnival of Personal Finance #104: Minimalist Edition.
Welcome to the 104th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. Nothing flashy here, just 78 great personal finance articles. Editor’s Choice:How to Buy a Profitable Rental Property @ Journey to Financial FreedomHow to Effectively Set and Track Goals @ Personal Finance 101Love & Marriage: Show Your Spouse The Money @ We’re In DebtRobbing Yourself [...]
Trade Your Unwanted Gift Cards for Cash
I’ve never really understood the concepts of gift cards and gift certificates. You’re trading perfectly good cash which can be used literally anywhere to buy goods and services for something which allows you to buy goods and services at one or maybe two places. Cash never expires, but gift cards decrease in value if you [...]
How to Choose an Accountant (And Save Thousands in Taxes)
Most of us have never considered getting an accountant. We think of them as professionals that only business owners and the wealthy need to make use of. A lot of us file our own taxes and never think of considering calling a CPA. However a good CPA can provide you some extremely valuable services which [...]
10 Cheap Food Items That Every College Student Should Consume
Each and every August and January for the last three years, I’ve had the privilege of writing checks well into four figures to my college to pay for tuition, fees, books and more fees. I work full time, and still don’t have a huge ton of room to spare in my budget. I can only [...]
Carnival of Personal Finance: Coming Soon to a Blog Near You!
Getting Green is fortunate enough to host the Carnival of Personal Finance this week! If you’re thinking “What the heck is a carnival of personal finance?!”, it’s essentially a collection of the financial blogging community’s best posts for the week. This way you can see a digest of great articles about money submitted in the [...]
How a $10 Purchase Might Rescue You from Your Cable Bill
I recently moved to a neighboring city with some friends that I happen to know from college. One of them is doing quite well and is paying for our cable bill without any questions asked. He thought it would be a good idea to get digital cable, high-definition channels, premium movie channels, a DVR and [...]
VOIP: It’ll Save You Money, I Promise.
Big bell companies which have a large share of their income dependent on land-line phones will soon be a thing of yesteryear. Instead consumers will be relying on cell-phones and inexpensive internet based phone technologies to make all of their calls. In many younger households, there’s no land-line to be seen, and there doesn’t need [...]
World Markets: Be Culturally Savvy for Less
Not having a ton of money and trying to eat well is no small task. One needs to maintain a healthy level of nutrition while not busting the budget. Many people in this situation resort to eating inexpensive foods such as ramen noodles, beans and the like. This practice can get old rather quickly, fortunately [...]
Tired of being broke? Stop Impulse Spending in Its Tracks
Are you tired of being financial servitude? Are you sick of not having enough money to enjoy life? Would you like to not have to worry where the money to pay your bills will come from? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re a very average individual in our modern culture of [...]
Carnival of Money Stories – June 4th Edition
Welcome to the June 4, 2007 edition of carnival of money stories. This is our first time hosting this carnival, so enjoy these wonderful posts! Jimmy Atkinson presents How to Avoid Being Audited When You’re Self Employed posted at Ask the Advisor. Michael Emilio presents My Landlord is Forcing Me Out of My Apartment and [...]
Hypermiling: Why it probably Doesn’t Make Sense
Just under a decade ago, we were getting the cheapest gasoline in the last 100 years on an inflation adjusted basis. Several things have happened since then which have for whatever reason, caused gas prices to triple to well above $3.00 a gallon. Prices peaked around $3.39 here a few weeks ago and now it [...]
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