Clever Dude founded CleverDude.com in June 2006 while working as a technical analyst in the Washington, D.C. area. A Penn State graduate, he built the site as a side project alongside a white-collar career that included earning a master’s degree and multiple promotions.
In five years he wrote nearly 1,300 articles on personal finance and life lessons drawn from his own experience. The blog grew from a hobby into a recognized early voice in the personal-finance community and generated meaningful revenue. He sold the site in 2010, continued as a guest contributor through 2015, and returned in 2023 after further career advances, paying off his home, and extensive travel.
Forbes just released "America's Top 25 Towns to Live Well" and my little town of Rockville, MD made the list again, coming in at #8. While I never thought I would live in Maryland, much less tell you where Rockville was, I've come to appreciate the … [Read more...] about I live in the 8th best town in America! (Rockville, MD)
A few weeks ago, I got a review request from a gentleman at Uni-ball for the Uni-ball Signo 207 with "Super Ink". The relation to personal finance was that this ink was specially formulated to prevent "check-washing". While I never got around to … [Read more...] about Review: Uni-ball Signo 207 Anti-Check-Washing Pen
Credit • Debt • Finances & Money • Home • Investing
To view the video from email or RSS, you may need to click through to the site: subprime from beeple on Vimeo. … [Read more...] about Another awesome “How the Housing Market Fell” animation video
You all know I got a new job, even in this down economy. Well, part of the decision process for taking the job included what would happen if my current employer (at the time) demanded the tuition money back from this semester. They have a policy that … [Read more...] about And it keeps getting better [Money]
Here's an arbitrary multiple of 10 for you: CleverDude.com has hit 1 million page views since inception less than 3 years ago. Check out my running tally here. Also, I have over 600,000 unique visitors and almost 1,100 articles during that time … [Read more...] about CleverDude.com has hit 1,000,000 page views!
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Since starting this blog 3 years ago, we've shed almost $90,000 in non-mortage debt! All we have left is about $12,500 on my Honda Ridgeline loan and under $10,000 on my student loan (need to update the debt scales for April). I haven't really sat … [Read more...] about Personal Finance Bloggers are getting rid of debt!
This is a guest post by Marcus DeVries. Purchasing contact lenses can nowadays be done either through your local eye clinic or through the web. As most of you know, obtaining these multifocal lenses online has grown in popularity, as you can take … [Read more...] about Purchasing Contact Lenses Online
I've been a member of Bally Fitness for about 7 years now. For the first 3 years, I spent about $46 per month, and I think I got some of my money's worth, at least with the amount of racquetball I played. After the first 3 years, though, my rate went … [Read more...] about Oh really Bally Fitness? You think that’s a “Special Offer”?
