My wife and I reviewed our budget before the weekend to get on the same page with bills that were to be paid and how much we had left in discretionary funds. After crunching the numbers I felt great about where we were at. Bills paid, money in … [Read more...] about What Happens When Couples Disagree About How To Spend Their Money?
The following is a guest post from Crystal at Budgeting in the Fun Stuff, where she covers spending, saving, and budgeting for fun along the way. When my husband and I bought our first home in April 2007, we made a combined income of $70,000 a … [Read more...] about Home Loans – A Bit More Difficult for the Self-Employed
Friday is link day! The point of these posts is to spread the word to all CleverDude readers about quality personal finance posts that may help inform and motivate you to do better with your finances. If you happen to also be a blogger, and want me … [Read more...] about Clever Posts Of The Week – October 4th
[Guest Post] With home loan repayments being one of the biggest financial pressure points on a family’s yearly budget, it pays to do your due diligence and find out how you can reduce your mortgage debt as quickly and effectively as possible. … [Read more...] about 5 Ways to Slice Your Home Loan Repayments
Yesterday, the Government of the United States of America began the process of shutting down all nonessential operations. The sticking point between Republicans and Democrats is the Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare). The House of … [Read more...] about Government Shutdown: Congress Fails Americans, Embarrasses Itself
I was walking through the grocery store, checking items off the list as they were found and put in the cart. It was a rather uneventful grocery shopping trip, until I went down the chip isle. I picked up a bag of store brand … [Read more...] about Marketing Tricks: Smaller Packaging Will Cost You More!
“What are you doing with all that extra money we're not spending on gas?†This was the question posted on Facebook by my local television station referencing the recent decline in gasoline prices. My response would have been, … [Read more...] about Budgeting Tip: Pay No Attention to the Price of Gasoline
My mother-in-law was trying to make a call with her cell phone, but it froze up. She wanted to turn it off and on to try to bring it back to life, but since the power button was broken she had to remove the battery to power her phone … [Read more...] about Save Money By Sharing a Mobile Plan
