In this week’s U.S. News & World Report, I read through an article on the U.S. Economy by James Pethokoukis entitled “Gloom and Doom, or Zoom.” Most of the article was about whoever wins the Democratic Nomination will be a shoe-in for the Presidency based upon the economy (with a little back-tracking at the end). [...]
This past Saturday was a sad day. I spent part of it helping my mother-in-law, who is in her eighties, with a financial problem. It took me about two hours to figure out everything she had done. The brief:
She purchased 4 curtains by phone from a catalog company
She returned two of the curtains to the [...]
I got an email from Prosper with info on some free online seminars from the folks at Prosper.
Interested in learning how to earn a great return on Prosper loans? Join us for a free online seminar!
You will learn how to:
Create a bidding strategy
Create standing orders that will “carry out” your bidding strategy
Set up watch lists [...]
Ok, so it officially started about a month ago. My wife and I have been going to garage sales for the last two years and buying things to sell on eBay. This year, with a one year old toddler, we haven’t been to but one weekend of garage sales. It’s a little [...]
I signed up for Prosper early last year with the intention of trying to use it to borrow some money to pay down some other bills that had a horrible rate on them. I couldn’t get the rate that I wanted at the time and haven’t really tried to borrow on the site since.
What [...]
Agloco finally opened up the downloading of their toolbar for everyone. If you signed up for Agloco before, make sure you go and download the toolbar. I’ve been using it for about 2 days now and so far have found it to be fairly non-intrusive. I’d like it to have some sort [...]
If you’re like me and just about every other home owning person I know, spring means it’s time for yard work. And with that usually comes the enemy of you and me, procrastination. It’s easier to put off doing the yardwork until another day. The lawn isn’t that tall.
But this isn’t a post about procrastination [...]
Maybe I missed this before, but Citibank seems to be giving a $100 sign-up bonus for signing up for a Citibank direct ultimate savings account.
There don’t seem to be any minimums on the account and there don’t seem to be any hidden fees. The rate is currently at 4.65% APY. I also don’t see any [...]
I’m always up for trying something new, especially when it could mean more money coming in. And doubly so when it could mean a passive income stream.
My latest test subject is Fotolia. Basically, it’s a stock photography service. When publishers are looking for photos for their advertisements, books, magazines, and other print [...]
If you are trying to make a little extra dough on the side with a website, you might want to check out Auction Ads. They take one affiliate code and mass everybody under it which gives the users the ability to earn significantly more than what they would without the program. Up to 20% more [...]
