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.
J Money from Budgets are Sexy used the power of the internet recently to finally get his wedding pictures from the photographer...almost 5 months late. The link takes you to a nice wrap-up article that details his toils and troubles with Mr. "D-head" … [Read more...] about Using Your Blog to Help Resolve Legal Problems [Success Story]
This past week, Kristen at FiLife Blog conducted an electronic interview with yours truly. I dished about my hopes, fears, desires and best/worst financial products. With some creative research, you can probably figure out a bit more about our income … [Read more...] about Check out my interview at FiLife.com!
To show that the housing market isn't totally dead, as long as you price the house right, our neighbors sold their house for $900 less than their original asking price in just 12 days! They listed the house for sale almost two weeks ago, and I was … [Read more...] about The neighbors sold their house in 12 days!
I usually skip past people's net worth posts in my RSS reader, but something caught my eye as I scanned Mapgirl's net worth post today. Yes, we all took a beating the last few months, but many of us forget to look at the big picture. For instance, … [Read more...] about How is your net worth doing for the year? [Look at the big picture]
Apparently the Big Three U.S. automakers (Ford, GM and Chrysler) are finding out their business plan over the last few years wasn't much of a plan at all. By pushing cars, trucks and vans to millions of Americans who couldn't actually afford them, … [Read more...] about Did Detroit Oversell?
Knowing my dad reads my site, I can only picture him turning to my mom and saying "Your son hurt messed up his back again", with an emphasis on "your". Well, he'd be right that I screwed up my back less than a year after the last mishap (2 herniated … [Read more...] about Weekend Wrapup: Home Improvements and a Sprained Back
Did anyone catch the Cartoon Network's float yesterday? Watch the video below and tell me what you think ;) NOTE: If you're reading this via email or RSS, you may need to click through to watch. … [Read more...] about The Cartoon Network Float Controversy
I'm going to take a different approach to Thanksgiving this year. Instead of trumpeting my own achievements that I'm thankful for, I'm going to illustrate why the little undisciplined punks running around today should be thankful for what they … [Read more...] about Being More Thankful than those Little Brats!
