Oh the sheer and utter agony of it all…
So, to continue our story, it’s 10:30 this morning and I haven’t heard from the loan guys, the auction closes soon, and I still don’t have money to back a bid. At 10:40 with 20 minutes and counting I get through to the loan guys… I’m not [...]

As you regular readers may remember, my continuing adventures in financial folly include shopping for a wrecked car. I have been frequenting a salvage yard in search of a nice wrecked vehicle that I can buy at auction and repair as a way of saving money on a newer vehicle (because as you may recall [...]

There is some good advice over at All Things Financial about holding stock of your employer (found via the aggregator):
The point of all this is the importance of having a balanced approach when saving for retirement. Don’t fall in love with your company’s stock. It could end up being a fatal mistake for your retirement [...]

Not very sound investment advice, but it made me smirk:

If you had bought $1000.00 worth of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.
With Enron, you would have $16.50 of the original $1,000.00.
With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left.
If you had bought $1,000.00 worth of Coors Light (the beer, not [...]

I’m working on a big post on how to really pay down your credit cards fast, but I thought I would share a piece of the puzzle with you: don’t make the minimum monthly payment on your credit cards!

Many people out there pay whatever the minimum monthly payment is on their credit card statements, decreasing [...]

Last weekend I found myself in an airport shop in Salt Lake City, halfway home from San Jose with a 2 hour flight ahead of me. I had learned from the previous leg of the trip that the plane I would be flying on featured so little room that using my laptop was out of [...]

The Wealthy Blogger just reached the 40 post mark, and is fast approaching the 2 month mark. By number of comments, these are the five most popular posts:
Heyyyyy, it’s the Ponz! (16 Comments)
Banks are Evil (13 Comments)
Cut Up Those Credit Cards (10 Comments)
Jetsgo Shows Credit Blows (9 Comments)
My Get Rich Slow Scheme (7 Comments)
Of course, [...]

You won’t be hearing much from me this week because I am in California for a conference, but I want to re-iterate that the biggest tip when traveling: do not eat at the hotel! One of my coworkers recently got to enjoy an $18 burger and fries

Debt consolidation is a concept that most people are aware of and often is a good idea. Basically when consolidating your bills or loans, you combine the total amount owed and make a single monthly payment instead of many smaller payments through out the month. While this is often a good solution to debt problems, [...]

Hosting a garage sale is a great solution for ridding yourself of clutter and making some extra money. To have an effective, efficient, and successful garage sale, it takes some preparation and basic know-how. Part of the apprehension in having a garage sale is the fear of a negative outcome. Let’s cover the basics to [...]