I don’t know if you’ve heard but the first ever Personal Finance Blog Conference is being help this week and I’m going!! I’m so excited about this because not only is it very niche specific, just about every personal finance blogger I’ve met online throughout the years will be there. I’m looking forward to getting [...]

People are pretty stupid. You have to admit it, the human race as a whole is not something to be proud of. Sure we have the philosophers and greats throughout history but they are few and far between. Here are five ways being stupid can cost you money. Speeding. This should be pretty obvious but [...]

This past year I’ve really gotten in touch with my musical side. I’ve been learning the piano feverishly, trying to rise up and meet my own challenge. While music and personal finance may seem world apart I’ve come to see many correlations between the two. Play your finances by ear In music, there are many [...]

Fear – it’s so primal yet so illogical. A fear or phobia can’t always be explained but can’t be argued either. One thing is certain though, fear is contagious. Take my two daughters for instance. My oldest daughter has been deathly afraid of bugs since she was little. I think that somewhat had something to [...]

So I heard on the radio that H&R Block is offering Tax Refund Anticipation Loans…wow really? They aren’t the only ones but one of the bigger companies providing this service (and I use the term service very loosely). I’m sure this has been around for years but I’ve never heard of such a thing. Here’s [...]

You can check out the second part of this article here Back in May this year, my older brother came to me with a problem. He asked me to loan him money because he was getting behind on his bills and didn’t think he could make his payments that month. He wanted to borrow the [...]

There is something to be said about ranking yourself when it comes to finance, in fact in just about every situation in life, we humans like to classify and rank ourselves; it’s only natural Most people rank themselves based on income but that’s usually pretty gray as many people just guess at others income based [...]