April is one of the months that I have designated to check my credit report. Since you’re allowed (by law) a free credit report annually from each of the 3 credit reporting agencies, that gives …
Kyle Taylor is a blogger at The Penny Hoarder. Check out his blog to get 100’s of weird and wacky ways to make extra money. For many college students, money is tight. They might dig through the…
Happy April Fools Day yesterday! Sorry about misleading you – Mortimer is completely fictional, and there is no new author coming to PoorerThanYou at this time. You’re stuck with just me, …
Hey everyone! Stephanie here, long-time author and creator of PoorerThanYou.com, with a big, big announcement for you. From here on out, you’ll be seeing new blog posts three times a week (or so…
The world didn’t end and I somehow entered my 27th year more-or-less unscathed. So how did the financials stack up, when 2012 was all said and done? (And 2013 is already 1/6th of the way done! E…
And now for something completely different! I’m holding a video game marathon fundraiser for charity: water tonight, to raise money for clean water infrastructure in Rwanda. I’ve always be…
I’ve been testing out some new money tactics, with the goal of getting my net worth up to $0 by September 2014. But November, the month of a big charity event and the lead-up to Christmas, is a …
A friend of mine recently recommended ING Direct (soon to be renamed Capital One 360) in a post on her Facebook page. When the question was asked… “Tell me more about ING. Do you use the…
This month, I pulled my credit report to review it. You know, from AnnualCreditReport.com (the only free authorized source), like you’re supposed to do every four months or so. I’m happy t…
I manage my savings the same way many people manage their debt: with a “snowball plan!” If you are not familiar with snowball plans, they work like this: You list out all of your debts (o…
It’s been a while since we checked in on my personal net worth progress, and there’s been a bit of excitement these past months – so it’s about time I got with the sharing, don…
Back for another check-in on my finances! Prepare yourself – this entry comes with a startling revelation! (Dun, dun, DUN!) Change: $1,561 or +4.86% A nice continuous climb for that little li…
August has been hot, hot, hot! Weather wise, certainly, but I also made it worse by making a (work-related) trip to Miami in the middle! Let’s see if my finances had a similar toasty trend: Cha…
Last month, I predicted that September’s net worth chart had nowhere to go but down. How did that pan out? Change: -$523 or -1.83 % Down she goes! It’s not really surprising, although I …
Erm, oh, hi there! I could have sworn I was better about updating than this. I can’t believe you’re still around, reading this at all! (And believe me, I am truly grateful that you are!) I…
Welcome back, for another quarterly update on my financial situation! I’m your host, Can’t-Manage-to-Post-Monthly Stephanie! Boy, do I have a lot in store for you this time – but fir…
What with all the crazy change in my life, it’s got to be time to re-evaluate everything. Especially, I need to rethink my savings goals and how I’ll prioritize them. So it’s time to…
I just flew in from Rochester, and boy, are my arms tired! Actually, my everything is tired. The NASA Tweetup for the shuttle launch finally happened, but the shuttle launch itself didn’t. And I…
Jim Wang writes about personal finance and other money issues at his personal finance blog Bargaineering.com. Many of us have made money mistakes. Additionally, some of us have had financial disaster…
Hey guys! So remember that time I stopped writing for more than six months? That was funny, right? Hahahaha… ha… ha. Sorry about that. Let’s get back to business. Change (from the…
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