I mentioned earlier that anyone can turn their hobby into a money making venture. While I do truly believe this, putting it into practice can sometimes have some horrifying unintended consequences. My house is a perfect example of this.
My wife has always thought that Hello Kitty was cute and she would buy an item here […]

I admit it - I get hooked into the free razor give-aways. The fact is that the reason that razor companies can afford to give away razors is that the place they make their money is selling you the blades (a lot like printers and printer ink). And with blades on the latest and greatest […]

Here’s a bit of interesting news. The big three credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion) have come up with a new scoring model that is uniform between the three companies. Up until now, each company had their own unique model for scoring an individual meaning that the scores were sometimes quite different. The […]

It looks like I’ll be spending the next 24 hours jumping for eBay again. They just announced another fixed price $0.10 sale for tomorrow (3/15) so that’s my cue to try and list as many items as I can. I’m shooting for 30 this time, maybe a few more depending on how motivated I am. […]

One of the best places to begin when you decide to learn more about personal finances and investing is your local library. Public libraries have a wealth of information to tap into to better educate yourself about personal finances and investing. Now some libraries are taking it a step further by offering a free educational […]

Does the (former) king of pop need some personal financial advice?
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…and what exactly would you advise in such a situation?

I received this comment from Tim for my post on lala.com - CD Trading For $1:
and let’s just screw the poor artist who made the music why not in this digital age everything is just free isn’t it? but eventually there will be a terrible price to pay and that will be the attenuation of […]

Welcome to the 39th edition of the carnival of personal finance. I decided to take a different tact with this carnival by ordering this week’s entries by when the blogs were started (newest ones first to give you a perspective of what the new generation is writing) with a link to their entry this week […]

I’ve been following the auto wrap / paid to drive industry since it took off in the late 1990’s and came crashing down just as fast after the Internet bubble. Most paid to drive information you find on the Internet these days are nothing more than scams.
I came across a company called FreeGasHelp.com that has […]

“Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” - Robert Orben
The Latest List
(and why I posted this )
And for those that are curious if you’ll be on that list someday…
Do you have what it takes to be […]

Over a year ago when Nate and I first began to talk about whether we were going to quit (after losing the content to our site a couple of times) or to continue on, we came up with the idea of satellite sites. After making the decision that we were going to try and make […]

Our latest satellite site is now up and is called Reduce College Costs. While I’m not sure if any of you will be able to notice, this one is a bit different from the others we’ve created. I won’t go into the details right now because I’m curious if anyone can guess (if anyone even […]

If you are planning to stay at a hotel, a bit of comparison shopping may get you the room for free (or the first night if you’re staying longer than a single night). That’s because Trip Rewards has an offer of get the Guaranteed Best Available Rate or It’s Free program. An example of how […]

I was talking with some friends about how they could make some extra money and was surprised to see that most of them thought it was impossible. They all imagined they didn’t have the time to make extra money. Finding ways to make extra money has always been quite simple for me so I’m always […]

Most of the 50 items I placed on auction last week have ended. The overall result was mixed - I sold probably 25% of the items listed, but most I placed at the high end of the price scale since it was a discount listing day. The results of the photos I put on auction […]

lala.com is a CD trading site where you can ship CDs you no longer want to someone that does, then request CDs that you want in return. Each time you receive a CD it costs you $1.49 ($1 plus a standard shipping charge of $0.49).
Once you sign up, you can create a list of CDs […]

$10/night - Edwardian San Francisco Hotel Edwardian San Francisco Hotel, 1668 Market St, San Francisco, CA. $10/night. April 29
$9/night - Starhotels Tourist - Milan, Italy Starhotels Tourist, Vialle Fulvio Testi 300, Milan, Italy. $9/night. 1 Adult. April 25
$5/night - Comfort Inn Mission, Texas Comfort Inn Mission, 203 South Shary Rd, Mission, TX. $5/night. April 2, […]

Welcome to the 12th edition of the Carnival of Investing.
The first five submissions are the ones I liked best (in no particular order) which really doesn’t mean a whole lot - especially as they pertain to information about investing. My sense on these things is a bit quirky, but what can I say - […]

While not trying to play down the the basic steps that people should take to prevent credit card fraud and identity theft, I think that this man may have some more important issues that should be of more concern than credit card fraud. Hope you’re having a wonderful day and this gives you a bit […]

Sometimes things go around in full circle! I wrote earlier about a Smart Money tip on how to save money on magazine subscriptions and mentioned that they left out the best way to save which was to get magazine subscriptions for free. So I had to let out a little laugh when I came across […]