Lending Club Returns At 11.23% Despite My First Charged Off Loan

My Lending Club returns continued improving despite my account having it’s first charged off loan.

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Tax Season Is Upon Us, And Along With It Confusion (And Post Roundup)

January 21, 2011
Tax Time Is Here

We are now well into the new year, and along with the new year comes tax time! While you technically don’t have to file taxes up until the April 18th deadline, a lot of folks will be filing well before then in order to get their refunds as soon as possible. Some of them may [...]

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Shoeboxed.com Review: Digitizing Your Paper Documents, Organizing Them Online Just In Case

January 20, 2011
Shoeboxed.com Review

Shoeboxed.com is a site that looks to make your life simpler by taking all of your paper clutter you have lying around the office (receipts, business cards, etc), digitizing it and organizing it for later use.

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Tips For Self-Preparing And Filing Your Income Taxes

January 19, 2011
Self Prepare And File Your Income Taxes

If you’re preparing to file your own taxes this year, here are some tips to make things easier.

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Should You Pay Off Debt Or Save For Retirement?

January 18, 2011
Pay Off Debt Or Save For Retirement?

If you are in debt and behind in your retirement savings, where do you stick your cash? Do you hold off on contributing to retirement accounts until you are completely debt free?

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4 Big Money Mistakes To Fight In 2011

January 17, 2011
Investing Mistakes To Avoid

Here are four problem areas that have the potential to blow up a financial plan.

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Guest Blogging Contest At Credit Cards Canada For Cash & Prizes

January 15, 2011

This past week I submitted a guest post to Credit Cards Canada for their personal finance guest blogging contest that they’re currently holding. You can enter too – and you could win a $1000 top prize! Approaching $3000 in prizes Top prize is $1000 13 prizes in all Anybody can enter – you don’t have [...]

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3 Reasons A Budget Will Help You Get Out Of Debt

January 14, 2011
Reasons A Budget Helps You Get Out Of Debt

If you need some debt help and are looking to put your debt worries behind you this year, you might be surprised that a budget can be the answer. Yes, there are a lot of free debt calculators and debt planning tools on the Internet today. There are debt related blogs and all sorts of [...]

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2011 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Changes

January 13, 2011
2011 Flexible Spending Account Changes

If you use a flexible spending account there are important changes for 2011 that you should be aware of, limiting your ability to use the pre-tax funds.

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3 Financial Self Defense Weapons

January 12, 2011
3 Financial Self Defense Weapons

In many ways, having a strong financial foundation can be a form of self defense. There are many things that can attack our financial lives: crushing debt, losing a job, and unexpected emergencies just to name a few. There are three weapons that I have found effective to fight off the financial burdens that plague [...]

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How To Increase Your Income Without A Raise

January 11, 2011
How To Increase Your Income

There are a lot of ways to make money online and ways to use side jobs for extra cash.  This article, however, isn’t about earning extra money outside of work – it’s about increasing your income with the job you already have.  It always seems difficult asking for a raise, so these tips (if presented [...]

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Shred Your Credit Card Contest Just Got Opened Up To Non Credit Card Users (And Post Roundup)

January 7, 2011
Shred Your Credit Card Contest

A week or two ago I posted on this site about a contest that was being run in a partnership by two of my favorite financial companies, Perkstreet Financial Rewards Checking and Lending Club. Basically the idea behind the contest is to promote the use of cash, and getting out of debt. To do that, [...]

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Should You Tithe On Lottery Winnings?

January 6, 2011
Should I Tithe On Lottery Winnings?

Believe it or not, there are Christians who play the lottery and some who have even won large jackpots, in the millions of dollars.  The question I have is this: should Christians tithe on lottery winnings?  Even more specifically, should churches accept tithe from lottery winnings? First…What Does The Bible Say About Gambling? While the [...]

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Study Finds Being Over-Indebted Increases Your Risk of Becoming Obese

January 5, 2011
Over In-Debted Leads To Obesity

Since the start of the worldwide economic crisis, the number of people in high-income countries who are considered over-indebted – in spite of a severe cutback in living standards – has risen exponentially. Not surprisingly, profound indebtedness has been linked to an increase in stress levels, often resulting in poor sleep. However, it seems that [...]

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Lending Club Update: Returns Slowly Increasing As Higher Risk Loans Added

January 4, 2011
Investing In Lending Club

My Lending Club returns have continued to improve since I started adding loans for people with lower credit scores, but good jobs and income – and higher probability of paying off their loans. Details of what I’m doing here.

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