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How Do You Deal with Creditors? [Video]

It’s not uncommon for people to have a range of emotions when dealing with creditors.  Some people are scared because the situation is overwhelming.  They’re rightfully concerned about their financial future.  Others are frustrated because of the way they’re being disrespected by a creditor over the phone.  Some creditors aren’t exactly nice about getting their message [...]

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Ask Dave Ramsey iPhone Application

If you’re a Dave Ramsey fan as well as an iPhone user you may want to check out the new free Dave Ramsey iPhone app – Ask Dave Ramsey.  I was searching around on YouTube recently and discovered this cool video which gives an overview.  I thought it was worth sharing as a lot of [...]

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Can the World Cup Teach You Something About Investing?

I found this video interesting in which Brett Arends, Wall Street Journal columnist discusses some practical investing tips we can pick up from this year’s World Cup.  Sports can teach us a lot about life as you may have gathered growing up playing your favorite team.  But more narrowly, the World Cup and other sports [...]

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How Do You Track Your Personal Spending? (Video)

I’ve learned 3 tips to help with tracking personal spending: 1.  Make sure you have some method for tracking personal spending (don’t try to keep it in your head).  2.  Track personal spending often (daily or every few days). 3.  Don’t over budget with too many subcategories because it makes tracking personal spending too complicated. All that [...]

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Get Rich Slowly Video Contest: Save Money Commuting to Work!

I submitted a last minute entry this week to the Get Rich Slowly video contest.  Final submissions were due 4/15 and I submitted mine the morning of 4/15.  Whew…just in time! The contest is for those who want to share personal finance tips or a financial story.  I chose to submit financial tips and decided to share [...]

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Cash Organizer Envelope Budgeting System Review

The Crown Cash Organizer envelope budgeting system helps you simplify the management of your money.  You no longer need separate paper envelopes to carry all your cash.  The cash organizer contains 12 envelopes for each budget category in a small expandable file, a ledger for recording transactions, a handy pamphlet for managing your money according [...]

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Budgeting 101 – 3 Easy Steps to Create a Budget

If you haven’t learned by now I’m a big fan of the monthly spending plan or budget.  They come in all shapes and sizes.  Some have a lot of categories and some have just a few.  Some are online and some are on paper.  But whatever your preferance, you need a budget for two reasons. [...]

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