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.
Family or Marriage • Finances & Money • Frugality
This article is part of my "Secret to Success" series. Check my index article to see where it all started and for the other four parts! Frugality and thriftiness seem to be the new buzz words in this economy, but if you've been following … [Read more...] about Our secret to success: Part Two: Live Frugally
Ahhh, beer. That was the focus of this evening's DC Personal Finance Blogger happy hour, since we held the event at Brickskeller in downtown Washington, D.C. While I'm not a big beer fan, I do like to try out-of-the-ordinary foods and beverages, so I … [Read more...] about DC Blogger Happy Hour, June 2009
Debt • Finances & Money • Taxes
Reader Kyle has the following question that I hope some of you can help with. If you have a knowledgeable answer to his dilemma, please comment below: Looking everywhere for a helping hand. Question about taxes. I'm in a serious pickle it would … [Read more...] about Reader Question: Stuck between IRS and a hard place (help!)
Credit • Debt • Finances & Money • Frugality
This article is part of my "Secret to Success" series. Check my index article to see where it all started and for the other four parts! In my recent article "Everything you ever really needed to know about Personal Finance on One Page", I … [Read more...] about Our secret to success: Part One: Spending less than we earn
Not too long ago, Trent from The Simple Dollar published a list of his 25 favorite personal finance, career and personal development blogs, and guess who made the list. Yep, Trent felt CleverDude.com was worthy of his daily attention. And, thanks to … [Read more...] about Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance On Just One Page
Right now our internet and phone services look like this: Cable TV: ~$20/mth - We only have basic cable (network TV, no ESPN, etc.) as well as a digital cable box that gives us hundreds of hours of free On-Demand programming from channels like … [Read more...] about I saved $3/mth on Comcast internet, but they’re tempting me to spend more!
Not that I put much weight into what Vice President Joe Biden says, but he commented on an issue that I wrote about just last week asking whether Obama's health care plan really did include taxing health care premiums. The administration was floating … [Read more...] about Biden disagrees with taxing health care premiums
Family or Marriage • Finances & Money
We were married over 5 years ago, but we've held onto all of the cards we received as gifts, and each year we find a new surprise. After our wedding, while our two families were still in town together (they live 1.5 hours apart), we opened our … [Read more...] about Married? You might want to check for forgotten gifts
