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Adaptu.com Review

July 12, 2011
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Adaptu.com is a website and community designed to help you manage your finances and serve as a resource to answer questions about investing, insurance, savings and generally all things finance related. Their goal is to provide the resources necessary for individuals to take control of their financial lives. By doing so, individuals will be better [...]

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How To Get Out Of Debt

July 8, 2011

As many of the regular readers know, I had a big problem with credit card debt right after college and through most of my 20’s. Having huge amounts of debt can strangle your personal finances and can prevent you from having nice things like a home, apartment or new car, no matter how hard you [...]

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5 Ways To Save Money (And Still Have Fun!)

February 4, 2011

Have you been putting off saving money because you don’t think it’s possible to save money AND have fun at the same time? Nonsense! There are many ways you can save money without drastically impacting your lifestyle. The following tips will have you saving money, spending less and spending smarter: Make a Budget This is [...]

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Mint.com Review

February 1, 2011

The website Mint.com is a software package that manages your personal finances and is accessed online anywhere you can connect to the Internet. You can organize all of your financial accounts using this program, which lets you automatically categorize the various transactions. In addition, the software is designed to help you set budgets and achieve [...]

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How to Calculate Your Net Worth

May 25, 2010

The calculation of your net worth is a relatively easy concept and process if you have relevant information readily accessible. Calculating your net worth will help you in determining whether or not you should make a large purchase. Let’s first discuss what net worth is. Simply put, your net worth is the sum of all [...]

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Saving Money Doesn’t Have To Be Boring

May 11, 2010

When we think of saving money what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Probably a boring life where you give up everything you love only to stare at the wall right? Well, not really…nobody said budgeting had to be boring, in fact it can be fun and often times eye opening. Unless you’re in [...]

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Four Bad Spending Habits That I Am Changing Today

May 9, 2010

So I own and write for a personal finance blog, and you would think that my finances are perfectly in order right? Not exactly. My wife and I make a fine living, and we are pretty thrifty when it comes to using coupons, not using credit cards and not making large impulse purchases but this [...]

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