By Meredith H. Kaiser
It is common to pay lots of attention to unexpected expenses, through whining and commiserating with others. But look at the bright side; isn’t there sometimes, unexpected income? Maybe your perception of the surprise influx is what keeps you from using it effectively and therefore you don’t fully appreciate it, or […]

When you decide to take on a part-time job, you have to figure out what job opportunities are legitimate and which are going to cost you money rather than help you make money. This question comes from a reader who has a friend that wants her to join a multi-level marketing firm:

I am thinking of […]

I stopped by a friend’s house while he happened to be cleaning out the drawers of his desk. From the depths of the clutter inside, he produced three cell phones that he no longer needed and so he decided to throw them out. I told him that while he needed to be careful to erase […]

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. […]

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 […]

First and foremost, I’ve received a number of emails asking me exactly what I’m selling. I’ll likely write a post later on explaining exactly how I got into selling Japanese collectibles, but currently my main focus is on pre WW2 collectibles. For those that are interested in seeing what I sell, you can do so […]

I thought I was going to wait until the first to start in on the Money Making Challenge full steam, but good old eBay sent out their notice that tomorrow (2/28) is a $0.10 fixed price day. Although I don’t like it as it usually disrupts my plans, when these sales come around I usually […]

While personal finance writers talk a lot about how to save, invest and pay down debt, rarely do they talk about how to make money. They leave this to others, but it should be part of every personal finance lesson. It’s just as important to learn how to make money as it is to learn […]