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My Take on Personal Finance and Freedom
For my inaugural post to Queercents I'd just like to introduce myself. I'm a thirtysomething single guy living in Atlanta. I'm not a native southerner but I've lived here long…
Financial Resolutions for 2008, Part II
Last week I analyzed my 2008 financial plans in spending and saving. This week I want to look at the rest of the categories: debt, credit and career. Debt As…
Bankruptcy, Cash and Me
I don't mention it too often but one of the main reasons I started living frugally was because I didn't want to get into another situation where I claim bankruptcy.…
Car Buying – It’s Not Over Till It’s Over
A few weeks ago I talked about the process of my partner buying a new car. Everything went great and then it was time to go pick up the car…
A Better Way To Spend That
First of all--hello, Queercents! It's wonderful to meet you. Preparing my first post, scheduled to go up right at Thanksgiving, no less, was proving pretty daunting. How to adequately introduce…
What is financial success?
I started working at a pretty young age. I also liked to excel at whichever job I was doing. I remember the local newspaper had a contest to see which…
“Housing Starts” Curb Affordable Luxuries: the Venti of Economic Indicators
'œStarbucks represents something beyond a cup of coffee.' '“ Howard Schultz Back in college (circa 1986), I was hired one summer by a small marketing firm in Ohio to do…
A Good Loan at Prosper
It has been a while since I updated you on my Prosper experience. The little loan that I took out has been paid back early, as that was my original…
The Truth About Financial Gurus
Browsing through old posts here on Queercents, I came across Paula's post on how being debt-free can harm you. A skeptical commenter pointed to Dave Ramsey's site about the 'œmyths…
Unexpected expenses typically $2000 annually
'œSave it for a rainy day' '“ Proverb According to a study released by the Consumer Federation of America, the typical person has around $2,000 of unexpected expenses in an…