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.
By Jim Jim usually writes at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity, please stop on by and check out his stuff! With the economy showing weakness and the financial industry in tatters, a lot of people are feeling jittery about their future. One of … [Read more...] about Emergency Fund Saving Options
By Madsow Madsow writes at Engineer A Debt Free Life. He is a nearly 30 year old test engineer striving to get out of debt. Instead of spending time doing unproductive things, he is spending his time researching frugal life and living for … [Read more...] about Frugal Eats! A three step approach to cut down the food bill
I was speaking with my boss recently about college and our first jobs after graduation, and I used the word "lucky" to describe how I got my first job. It was my last on-site interview of the semester and I had already gone through about two dozen … [Read more...] about My prosperity was more than good luck!
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By The Money Hawk This is a guest post by Kevin Geary at The Money Hawk. You can subscribe free to The Money Hawk via RSS or Email. No matter how many late night infomercials or Kiyosaki books you read, leveraging debt to build wealth is not a … [Read more...] about Credit Card Companies Are Fighting Back Against Consumers: Get Out of the Way!
I'll be gone for about 10 days, but don't worry, I've lined up about 16 guest articles from a wide range of authors from the 10th through the 20th. I've also thrown in one of my own new articles set to post this Tuesday (the 11th) that talks about … [Read more...] about Introducing My Guest Authors
If you live in the D.C. area and take public transit (as I do to work), you probably already know that if you use your SmartTrip card to board a bus within 2-3 hours (not sure which) of riding the Metro train, you get a 90-cent discount on your bus … [Read more...] about Washington Metro to offer bus-to-rail discounts in January 2009
Since we'll be using public computers at internet cafes and hotels while overseas in Israel, I've been worried about someone using a keystroke logging tool to record my keystrokes, thus gaining access to anything I log into, such as my Gmail account. … [Read more...] about Securing Your Email When Using Public Computers
A quick note: There's about 80 of us going on our trip to Israel next week, and Stacie and I were in the first group to book back in the summer. At first, we were to fly through Franfurt, Germany on the way to Tel Aviv, but then the tour company … [Read more...] about Hiccups with our trip plans
