Have you ever heard that time is money? It is so true. The more efficiently you do the things that you need to get done, the more time you have to do the things you want to do, whether that is spending more time with family and friends, developing passive income opportunities, or simply relaxing. Being [...]

7 Tips On How To Save Time And Money is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

For some time now, those of us leading a “frugal” life have been getting a bad rap. Basically, getting a bad rap from the non-frugal bunch. We’re “cheap”, we’re wasting our time, life is too short to do some of the things that we do, and a lot of times, people just don’t understand why [...]

Personal Finance Round Up: The Real Truth Behind Being Frugal is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

There is this phrase from long ago that you can’t fight city hall and win. Well, I am in the process of finding out if this is still true. Normally, my posts are geared towards providing you with some little “pearl of wisdom” that you can incorporate into your everyday lives in order to either save [...]

Can You Still Fight City Hall And Win? is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

I am in California right now visiting some family and friends for the holiday weekend. The posting has been sparse lately, but I am coordinating with a friend of mine to do some guest posts tomorrow and friday. California is a crazy state, and Los Angeles is even more crazy. I have tons of topics [...]

Out In California For The Week is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

I just wanted to let you all know that I took an extended memorial weekend vacation, so that is the reason for the lack of posting the past few days. It wasn’t really a vacation, because I got very little sleep. My best friends from childhood all met up in North Carolina where one of [...]

Back From Memorial Day Weekend is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

My colleague over at Lifespy wrote these two articles: How To Make Money. A comprehensive tutorial about the most common ways to make money. My favorite parts were his insights about saving money with other monthly bills rather than cutting out life’s little luxuries and knowing when taking a second job is financially worth the [...]

Weekend Update: Some Great Articles to Read Over the Weekend is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

The Money Crasher’s 11 Principle’s series has come to an end, and I want your feedback. Did you enjoy the series? Was it monotonous or did you find the content fresh? Would you like to see Money Crashers put together more articles series in the future? My hope is that you enjoyed reading about the [...]

Your Feedback About the 11 Money Crasher Principles Series is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

Go check out The #103 Carnival of Personal Finance over at Clever Dude. This is by far the most creative Carnival of Personal Finance edition I’ve ever seen. Clever Dude has gone over the top to create a very “clever” way of presenting the links for the carnival by incorporating them into brief summaries of [...]

Carnival of Personal Finance #103, the 24 Edition is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

Here are some articles I wrote one year ago that may be useful to you for the coming summer: Tips for saving money while traveling out of the country It’s Never Too Early to Think about Christmas Where We Learn About Our Financial Habits

Looking Back In The Archives of June 2006 is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

JLP from All Financial Matters asks the question if dipping into your 401(k) early makes sense? Free Money Finance has a great post about giving and receiving. Developing a generous and giving heart is one of my 11 principles that I live by when it comes to managing money. I believe that when you put [...]

Some Link Love For Good Articles In the Past Week is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

We had some great submissions over the past two weeks. I categorized them as best that I could so that you can check out the topics that interest you most! Hope you enjoy! Saving and Investing The Skilled Investor presents Own investment funds and not individual securities posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog. Owning individual [...]

Festival of Under 30 Finance – March 23rd Edition is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

Flexo at Consumerism Commentary reviews the Electric Orange Checking Account by ING Direct I haven’t looked into this checking account yet, but I like the fact that you can earn 4% interest on it! My only question is, how do you deposit money? Mighty Bargain Hunter discusses the book Debt is Slavery and he talks [...]

Check Out These Articles by Some of the Finest Bloggers In the Personal Finance Community is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

I was driving home from work today, and I heard that the Dow Jones Average dropped 416 points today and the Nasdaq fell 95 points. Luckily, the highway has medians or else I would have ran right off the road. I knew that economic “experts” were predicting a slow in the economy and I guess [...]

The Dow Takes a Huge Hit Today. Don’t Panic Just Yet! is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

My wife has a little sister in 5th grade, and like to make fun of her, because she loves asking us to buy her stuff, but when it comes to using her own money, she’s about as staunchy as it gets. I always say that she gets it from her big sister, and that is [...]

Educating Your Children About How to Handle Money is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

When I saw this deal, I HAD to share with all of you! I’ve been looking around for a nice size LCD TV lately, and I’ve been reading that Syntax Olevia is the best “off-brand” LCD for your money. Well, I found a tuner-less 37″ LCD at Mac Mall for $599! GO HERE to check [...]

Great Deal On a Syntax 37? LCD Display – $599 is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

The answer to that is probably, YES! Generally, if you are worth over $10,000 in assets and cash then you need a will. A will takes all of the guesswork out of what you really want your assets to do when you part this life. And let’s be honest, do you really want some over-worked [...]

Do You Need A Will? is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

Thousands of blogs and other websites are dedicated to investing, and I see so much emphasis on individual stocks and company news. My question is, when do these bloggers find the time to follow the stock market so closely? Well, some of them blog full-time and others just read a lot. I know a few [...]

My Take On Investing In Single Stocks is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

I was talking to my wife the other night about decisions that I wish I would have never made in the past. One of them was jumping on a job right out of college just because it paid a decent paycheck. I told her that if I was smart, I would have worked a menial [...]

The Difference Between a Career And a Job is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

Read this interview that I had with Ben Casnocha, a teenage entrepreneur with tremendous talent and potential. I thought that I would revisit this post, because I wrote it very early on in this blog’s life. You can get to know more about Ben by visiting his personal blog. I got to know him through [...]

A Look Back At One of My Favorite Posts – An Interview With Ben Casnocha is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.

One of the worst experiences you’ll ever have is dealing with collection agencies and creditors. There are some reputable ones like mortgage and some car loan creditors, but when it comes to credit card collection agents, forget it. They will do anything and everything to pressure you into paying off your debt now. Let me [...]

Dealing With Creditors and Negotiating Old Debt is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.