Fiscal Geek Round-Up

I’m kicking off a new feature here at FiscalGeek. I’m going to be operating a permanent Friday Round-Up where I’ll highlight some new things I’m looking at as well as give my blogging buddies a way to submit their articles for a little bit of link love. Just head over to my Roundup Page and submit your post. Please only one post per site. Details on the page. If you like this service a link back would be much appreciated.

A Site to Behold

A new entry in the Personal Finance Blog world is Personal Finance Journey. Be sure to check her site out she’s got some great content out there already and the site looks fantastic. I really enjoyed 7 Ways to Prevent Bank Overdraft Fees. Good practical tips.

Carnivals with FiscalGeek Mention

Fun Tax Facts – Carnival of Personal Finance #242 featuring my Post Why a Storage Unit is the Gateway Drug to Financial Ruin.

Some Sweet Posts from Around the Personal Finance Realm

Kyle presents The Risks Of High Yield Municipal Bonds

Kyle presents Set Aside 10% Of Your Work For Retirement, Not 10% Of Your Income

Lucia@moneyStrands presents The Rise of Internet Banking

GoBankingRates presents The Little Things Add Up: The True Cost of Owning a Car

Jason @ Redeeming Riches presents 3 Fun & Geeky Ways to Save With Your Email

Lynnae presents What Should I do if my Toyota has been Recalled?

Generation X Finance presents How to Avoid and Prepare for a Tax Audit by the IRS

Darwin’s Finance presents Winners and Losers Under Obama’s Tax Plan

FFB presents First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit – Who It’s For And What Is Needed To Claim It

Mrs. Micah presents What is the Difference Between Credit Card Fraud and Identity Theft

Frugal Dad presents The Ultimate Frugal Home Office

Patrick presents How Much Money Should You Leave Your Children’s Guardians in Your Will

MD @ Studenomics presents How My Friend Made $2,100 From Tutoring

Patrick presents Which Types of Insurance Do You Need?

B Simple presents Simple Personal Financial Tip: Know your Score

Mike presents 2009 Income Tax Changes

Matt SF presents Personal Finance Equations You Should Know: the Amortization Equation

Ben @ Money Smart Life presents New Roth IRA Rules

Peter presents Financial Considerations Of Selling Your Home: Should You Sell Your House?

Consumer Boomer presents Roth IRA Withdraw Rules, Options, and Penalties

Jeff Rose presents How to choose the best financial/planner for you

Joe Plemon presents Tax Refund? How You Should Use It and Why You Should Lose It

Stay at Home Mom CFO presents I would prefer NOT to have a Uni-brow. Better budget for that.

DR presents 2010 IRA Contribution and Deduction Limits

Elle presents Getting your tax credit with 2009 taxes if you bought a house in 2010

My Dollar Plan presents Throw a 50th Wedding Anniversary on a Budget

Ron presents Now That You’ve Set Up Your Budget

PT from PT Money presents EverBank Review: A Big Rate for Big Funds

Matt Jabs presents Turbotax – Prepare Taxes Online – Free eFile

KNS Financial presents Understanding the Making Work Pay Tax Credit

Early Retirement Extreme presents Cash flow diagrams for the poor, the middle class, and the investor class

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The Secret to Success. Hustle.

February 4, 2010
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This is a topic I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. What makes a person or a business successful and I keep coming back to the same word: hustle. I don’t mean that you’re working some kind of racket or scam. Rather I’m talking about busting it with everything you’ve got, [...]

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Living Well With Bad Credit: Book Review

February 3, 2010
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It’s unofficial review week here at FiscalGeek and I’m happy to be a stop on the book tour for the newly released Living Well With Bad Credit by Chris Balish and Geoff Williams. I was intrigued to learn what they might suggest for those wading their way through the FICO wasteland and was pleasantly [...]

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A New Way to Save When Grocery Shopping

January 31, 2010
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My wife and I have never been big couponers. Is that even a word? No matter. I certainly don’t have the patience to try and match what we are buying to coupons and then figure out what we could make based on those choices. I know there are volumes of sites [...]

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Friday Round Up and New Stuff I’m Looking At

January 28, 2010

Before I kick off my slightly more abbreviated round-up I wanted to highlight two sites I’ve been looking at this week.
Drop Ship Maven
I came across the Drop Ship Maven by one of my Twitter friends. It’s a blog about pursing an online business using drop shippers. Effectively you sell products that you never see, [...]

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Why a Storage Unit is the Gateway Drug to Financial Ruin

January 27, 2010
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Much like the foosball table was the harbinger of doom during the dot.com era, the storage unit foreshadows the danger lurking on the other side of those macrame plant holders. Now give me a minute of time and I think you’ll come around to my way of thinking here. I’ll also play the [...]

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Save by Dropping Your GAP Automobile Insurance

January 25, 2010
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I just realized as part of us paying off our car we need to drop our GAP insurance that covered the balance between our actual loan and what our car was worth. Really I should have done this a few months ago, but it just occurred to me. So if you think you [...]

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Friday Roundup Olympic Edition

January 22, 2010
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Well it’s been one week since I declared We’re Debt Free! and yep I’m still debt free, and feeling good. Looking forward to February where we’ll be heading North to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics! I’ve always wanted to go since I was a kid and I’m finally getting to fulfill that [...]

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Retired Early, In Debt, No Job: When the American Dream becomes a Nightmare

January 21, 2010
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After publishing my story last week on becoming Debt Free I received the following email from a new reader.
Dear Paul,
It was nice going through your blog. I read your Quicken 2010 review. I have been a Quicken user since they first came out with it. I used to listen to Dave Ramsey on the radio [...]

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Some Practical Advice for Using Facebook For Your Small Business

January 20, 2010
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Look anywhere and you’ll hear someone telling you that you need to be using social media for your small business. For our purposes we’ll be talking about Facebook but you cannot ignore Twitter or Linkedin as other avenues for networking. Working with Facebook doesn’t come free, okay it does monetarily but you need [...]

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