A couple weeks ago, Courtney and I went and bought a new car. She had been driving an old 1998 Chevy Malibu which needed more money put in to it than we wanted to spend and so we decided that we were going to make the leap to purchase a new car. She also wanted [...]
Buffalo, NY based M&T Bank is now offering money market accounts through their nice looking website. With times like these that we are in, an economic recession, less financing available, and rates go to the shitter, you really need to think about all your options for saving your hard earned money.
M&T Bank now offers a [...]
Note: this isn’t a paid review or anything like that, I just think it is a pretty cool site
Just a quick post today, to let you know about a site I am starting to use more and more.
The stock market isn’t exactly looking good at the moment. Investing in stocks is a hard and risky [...]
You guessed it..it’s that time of the month again when everyone starts talking about how much money they made from blogging over the past month and any other statistics they wish to share. So, just like I did in the beginning of June when I reviewed the month of May, I will now review the [...]
After a great interview with Mike and the folks at SmartyPig, they were kind enough to send me a $50 gift card for SmartyPig. As a user of SmartyPig, that would be a great little bonus into my own account and to be put towards my savings goal. However, I thought it would be more [...]
About a week or so ago I sold a climbing rope on eBay. The item sold for about $100. The winning bidder sent a money order to me as payment. This is good for a couple reasons, but the main reason that I like receiving money orders for large amounts as opposed to PayPal, is [...]
With so many websites and blogs discussing ways to be frugal and save money in any way you can, such as Get Rich Slowly and No Debt Plan, I started thinking about ways that college students could save money and be more frugal.
When you’re in college you don’t really think too much about saving money [...]
Credit card debt and other types of debt are a serious problem in the United States. Studies and statistics show that the average household has more than $8,000 in credit card debt. This also shows that 43% of U.S. families spend more than earn – a staggering $1.22 spent for each dollar earned. I am [...]
Sunday I blogged that I was going to be meeting with an accountant and listed a few questions that I was going to ask him to dive deeper into the realms of setting up a business entity, such as an LLC or a C corp. The basis for the meeting was because with the amount [...]
Now that I have graduated from college, it is time for me to start saving my money and income a little better than I had been during school. While a student, I was not really paying attention to how much I was spending and how much I was putting on my credit cards. So, now [...]
