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I’ll be Part of The Experts Tables At The Financial Blogger Conference And Nominations!

30 September 2011 – 4:00 am PST

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I’ll be Part of The Experts Tables At The Financial Blogger Conference And Nominations!

      I’m happy and excited at the same time as I’ll be part of the “ask the experts tables” at The Financial Blogger Conference! Next weekend, I’ll be in Chicago for the first Financial Blogger conference. This was already an exciting experience as I will finally meet most of my blogging idols and [...]

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1 Hour Extra For Your Day Job Or To Create A Better Future?

30 September 2011 – 4:00 am PST

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1 Hour Extra For Your Day Job Or To Create A Better Future?

Last week, I read a very interesting post by Sunil at Money Extra Blog asking if you would rather spend an extra hour on your profession or on your side business. I found this debate quite interesting as there is a huge discrepancy between what people say and actually do. It’s easy to say that [...]

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1 Hour Extra For Your Day Job Or To Create A Better Future?

30 September 2011 – 4:00 am PST

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1 Hour Extra For Your Day Job Or To Create A Better Future?

Last week, I read a very interesting post by Sunil at Money Extra Blog asking if you would rather spend an extra hour on your profession or on your side business. I found this debate quite interesting as there is a huge discrepancy between what people say and actually do. It’s easy to say that [...]

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1 Hour Extra For Your Day Job Or To Create A Better Future?

30 September 2011 – 3:59 am PST

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1 Hour Extra For Your Day Job Or To Create A Better Future?

Last week, I read a very interesting post by Sunil at Money Extra Blog asking if you would rather spend an extra hour on your profession or on your side business. I found this debate quite interesting as there is a huge discrepancy between what people say and actually do. It’s easy to say that [...]

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1 Hour Extra For Your Day Job Or To Create A Better Future?

30 September 2011 – 3:59 am PST

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1 Hour Extra For Your Day Job Or To Create A Better Future?

Last week, I read a very interesting post by Sunil at Money Extra Blog asking if you would rather spend an extra hour on your profession or on your side business. I found this debate quite interesting as there is a huge discrepancy between what people say and actually do. It’s easy to say that [...]

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Five Credit Score Fallacies to Forget

15 September 2011 – 5:31 am PST

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If you’re looking to improve your credit score, you’re probably aware of the wealth of information available to you about the subject.  What you might not know is that not all credit repair advice is given with your particular situation in mind, or sometimes even with your best interests at heart. In an effort to [...]

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Beware of Free Credit Score Promises

15 September 2011 – 5:30 am PST

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When you’re trying to fix your bad credit, you’ve no doubt come across the multitude of ads on TV and online advertising free credit scores.  What you may not be aware of though, is just how much those “free” peeks at your score may end up costing you in the long run. What you pay [...]

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This Week in Credit 9/9/2011

15 September 2011 – 5:29 am PST

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This Week’s Credit News Chairman: Okla. tax credits should face scrutiny “Oklahoma doles out hundreds of millions of dollars each year to companies in the form of tax credits and other incentives with little oversight or transparency, and there’s no way of knowing exactly how much it’s costing the state, a lawmaker complained Wednesday during [...]

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Get Me Outta This Co-Signed Loan!

15 September 2011 – 5:29 am PST

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I’m sure there are more than a few people who will read that title and ask themselves how many times they’ve wondered the same thing to themselves.  We’ve talked to a number of consumers who definitely regret signing on the dotted line, and have even posted in the past that co-signing a loan for ANYBODY [...]

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This Week in Credit 9/2/2011

15 September 2011 – 5:29 am PST

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This Week’s Credit News Principal Charged $17K on CPS Credit Card: Report “As Chicago Public Schools struggle to close a multimillion dollar budget deficit, a Near Northwest Side Principal is under fire for racking up $17,000 on his school credit card to travel overseas.” When Credit Ratings Lose Their Meaning “Which is a safer investment: [...]

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