This is a review of Pro Blog Design, a blog that shows you how to “Tweak your blog, making it more profitable, usable and attractive.”
Michael, the author of Pro Blog Design, clearly knows a lot more than I do about designing a blog.  This isn’t really something to be proud of, I don’t know anything about […]

Well, a while ago I had a contest called, $100 a Month.  How Would You Spend it? There were some great comments, and I’m going to share some before I announce the winner.

I decided to break the checking account posts up into smaller chunks since they are a larger part of the total scope of banking products (and where I have more expertise).
Once again I do work for a financial institution, and no, they didn’t ask me to write this.  This blog is 100% separate from my work.
There […]

This is from Get Rich Slowly called Strike Point Shopping which is based on a reader-submitted comment.
I promise this is the last grocery article for a little while… 
This tip really goes to the heart of economic theory and a concept called inelastic demand.  Which everyone seemed to know (except me at first) means that when there […]

Trent, over at The Simple Dollar, posted an article recently about how the cheapest place to shop isn’t always the best, and how he shops at specific stores for specific reasons.  You can read the article here.
I confess that I do not shop at the grocery store with the lowest prices on my staple goods. […]

Since I am not as well versed in mortgage products or the different intricacies that mortgage lending offers, I’ve been looking around for some good online resources.  Today I’m going to talk about Mortgagefit.com.
This fits wonderfully with the site’s mission statement because this is definitely a site that I think will help all you wonderful […]

I want to preface this by saying that I am in the banking industry, I work for a credit union, and have also worked for a bank.  With that out of the way, this series will be about different products banks and credit unions offer, the advantages and disadvantages of those particular products, and what […]

Eve, from HomeBizBlogger.com wrote an article that interested me, and I offered to help her out based on her article and some minor additional information.  You can get up to speed on the article here.
Eve has been gracious enough to provide some personal income information so that I could do a more complete “If I were […]

This is a request for help that was recently posted on the finance forums, and what I would do in this situation.  I am not a licensed financial advisor, and my solution is just one of many available to Jonothan
“Hello my name is Jonothan and I am in a huge debt at 21. It all started when I couldn’t finish […]

I was cruising through the blogsphere and I found a great article about moving with a small child.  Since this is a family finance site, it really deserves a link here.
 So, check out The Simple Dollar http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/07/07/making-the-moving-transition-easier-on-young-children/
If you have young children, or are looking to move soon, I highly recommend you read that article.
I’ve also […]