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
By Bill Schoonmaker (Schoon) This is a guest post from "Schoon". According to Bill's FAQ, Schoon's Place is a "personal journal, a product reviews database, a photo gallery and much more." With the national divorce rate hovering over 40% these … [Read more...] about Avoid Money Fights: Plan Finances with Your Spouse!
Credit • Debt • Finances & Money
By Nickel This is a guest post from Nickel, who writes about personal finance over at FiveCentNickel. And since that, combined with his four kids, don't keep him sufficiently busy, he has recently launched yet another site, this time focused more … [Read more...] about Credit Cards as a Debt Reduction Tool
In my post "42 Credit Cards with a 0% Purchase Offer", a commenter asked that question. The comment got snatched by Spam Karma, and while I could have retrieved it, I preferred the tone of the second comment instead: It does appear that you are … [Read more...] about Is this site “One giant credit card advertisement”?
Now that the tax stimulus checks are mostly distributed, you can't help but notice all of the companies out there trying to pry that money out of our hands. A lot of them are offering special incentives for doing so (for example, Sears is offering an … [Read more...] about A Fool and His Rebate Money…
A reader named Kristen asked the following: I've heard you mention that you put your tuition on a 0% interest card. I'm looking to start school in the fall and would like to do the same thing, can you recommend a card with an initial 0% interest … [Read more...] about Credit Cards with 0% Purchase Offers
Today, you can get a free 16oz iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts, and depending on your location, a little smattering of rudeness. I went up to the Crystal City Dunkin Donuts' counter promptly at 10am, as did my coworker, and we were both met with … [Read more...] about And I got my free iced coffee…how rude!
Family or Marriage • Finances & Money
By Kevin This is a guest post from Kevin at No Debt Plan. Kevin helps readers eliminate debt, learn how to budget and save, and move themselves towards financial freedom. My wife and I were married in January 2007. That's almost a year and a … [Read more...] about Spouses, Finances and Teamwork
Banking • Family or Marriage • Finances & Money
My BFF Shawn and his wife are the proud parents of baby Ava as of yesterday evening. His wife was in labor for a grueling 18 hours (1am to almost 7pm) and eventually had to do a C-section. Both the mother and baby are healthy and doing well, and … [Read more...] about Co-author Shawn is a new daddy!
