|
123,184 entries from
1,034 weblogs - updated every 5 minutes - bookmark us!
|
New! (December 27) We are now indexing 1,000 blogs! Also, we're announcing a previously undocumented feature already in use on a few
personal finance blogs.
Viewing entries for View all blogs (popular) | Personal finance (popular) | Real estate (popular) | Investing (popular) | Visit
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 22, 2008 at 4:53 pm ET
I’ve discussed this before in my post Saving on Minimum Wage which was included in The Great Money Challenge’s post More on How to Live on Minimum Wage. This post features several posts about minimum ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 18, 2008 at 7:54 am ET
I rarely drink wine myself but since many PF bloggers do I thought I would share the results of a couple of studies I recently read about.
In the first study wine tasters were served the ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 17, 2008 at 1:23 pm ET
If you are frugal like me than you probably already know that CFLs save you a lot of money on your electric bill compared to using regular light bulbs. One of the main drawbacks to ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 16, 2008 at 6:21 pm ET
Someone on a Yahoo group I belong to recently asked if it was possible to live on $1000 a month. Since millions of people in the U.S. do live on this amount or less it ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 14, 2008 at 6:48 pm ET
My credit score for December was 782 up from 762 in November. I’m not sure why it rose so much from the previous month. My score was 779 in October which is more in line ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 13, 2008 at 11:07 am ET
This is what I’m deciding right now. I’d like to max out my IRA contribution for 2006 but I’m not going to have enough money to do it. Since I’ll be going to school all ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 10, 2008 at 12:57 pm ET
Since I will not be working after this week I’m looking to make more money online. You have probably already read about Lending Club and Prosper on other blogs. If you haven’t signed ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 9, 2008 at 2:56 pm ET
I’ll have my first day back in law school tomorrow. I’m looking forward to returning to school but a little disappointed that I won’t be making any progress on my financial goals for a while. ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 8, 2008 at 4:18 pm ET
Here is a breakdown of my expenses for December.
Household
$474.34
Utilities
$130.32
Transportation
$210.08
Food
$95.31
Entertainment
$154.55
Student Loan
$894.46
Books
$126.90
Medical/Dental
$171.27
Total
$2257.23
Expenses were up mainly because of paying off my private student loan. My expenses will be down this month since I’m returning to school and quitting ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 7, 2008 at 7:20 am ET
My savings/debt repayment percentage for December was 55%. I paid $1095.23 towards my student loans and contributed $350 to my IRA. This was out of a total income of $2617.84. I did carry some savings ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 5, 2008 at 1:20 pm ET
Here is a breakdown of my income for December.
Job Income
$2492.47
Online Income
$23.96
Surveys
$20
Lawsuit Settlement
$77.04
Interest
$4.37
Total
$2617.84
My income was up mainly because I worked more hours for the month. My income will be down severely in January since I’m ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 4, 2008 at 8:09 am ET
When I went home for Christmas I was surprised to find a check for $77 as settlement for a lawsuit. I had no idea what it was for and visited the website referred to in ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 3, 2008 at 3:08 pm ET
My first goal for the New Year should probably be to stop procrastinating since I’m not getting around to posting this until January 3rd. Since I’m returning to school my financial goals will be limited ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 28, 2007 at 4:59 pm ET
My latest electric bill was only $11.14 for 50kwh of electricity. My gas bill was $84.72 which was larger than I expected. I keep my thermostat low but my apartment is poorly insulated and drafted. ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 18, 2007 at 3:13 pm ET
Here is a summary of my debts now that I have my credit cards and student loans paid off. This amount will be going up next month when my new student loans are disbursed.
Grad Plus
$16,691
8.5%
Access ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 14, 2007 at 10:03 pm ET
Sorry I haven’t updated much lately. The bad weather has been making me lately. I was going to post today but I locked myself out of my apartment which wasted a lot of my time. ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 10, 2007 at 5:41 pm ET
I just sent a payment of $507.99 to Wells Fargo to pay off my private student loan. Now my highest interest loan is my Grad Plus loan at 8.25%. I probably won’t pay anything more ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 8, 2007 at 3:18 pm ET
Here is a breakdown of my expenses for November.
Household
$437.02
Utilities
$82.79
Transportation
$300.35
Food
$101.72
Entertainment
$155
Medical/Dental
$122
Student Loans
$500
Total
$1698.88
Medical/Dental should go down this month because I won’t have a dentist appointment. Transportation should be down this month because November’s total includes paying for six ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 6, 2007 at 3:23 pm ET
Last month I decided to transfer the balance of my private student loan from Wells Fargo to Capital One to take advantage of a low-interest balance transfer offer. It was only going to save me ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 4, 2007 at 1:43 pm ET
My savings/debt payment percentage for November was only 24%. This is because my balance transfer of my student loan from Wells Fargo to Capital One was screwed up. I have about $500 slated for debt ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 3, 2007 at 3:02 pm ET
Here is a breakdown of my income for November.
Job Income
$1779.88
Online Income/Ebay
$344.23
Bank Bonuses
$150.00
Interest
$1.24
Total
$2275.35
My job income should go up this month because I will have three paychecks. Online income was way up for November due to ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 30, 2007 at 3:24 pm ET
I managed to put 43% of my October income towards savings and paying down my private student loan. The student loan is not in repayment yet but I’m paying it off ahead of time since ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 29, 2007 at 3:27 pm ET
Fandango is running a promotion with McDonald’s that allows you to buy a movie ticket for $1. You have to go to their website at 12pm (pst) on Wednesdays and find out the word of ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 27, 2007 at 4:53 pm ET
I managed to get three days off from both jobs for Thanksgiving. I still managed to make some money during that time though. My mother works at a travel agency located inside a bank and ... ( more)
From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 23, 2007 at 6:08 pm ET
I know it is a day late but my family will not be having their Thanksgiving day celebration until tomorrow so it is early for me. I have a very large extended family and they ... ( more)
|
|
|