The Dog Ate My Wallet

The Dog Ate My Wallet

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Category Archive: Guest Post

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How to Sell Your House at a Loss and Come Out Happy

This is a guest post from my friend Pamela at Hands On Home Buyer. She recently re-launched her site, and I am excited for the opportunity to help it grow.    I bought my first home, a three story Philadelphia duplex for $70,000 in 1990. Ten years later I sold it for $74,000 after spending more than $30,000 in renovations and maintenance. By all accounts it was a horrible loss. But I was happy and stillread more…

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Guest Post: Preparing for Baby

As regular readers know, my mother-in-law passed away recently. While C and I are both doing fine, there are a million little things we need to take care of right now. The time has to come from somewhere, and in my case, that means no time to write quality posts for my readers here. Thankfully, I have some amazing blogger friends who instantly stepped up when I asked for help. So for the next week orread more…

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My Year Without Money

As regular readers know, my mother-in-law passed away last Friday morning. While C and I are both doing fine, there are a million little things we need to take care of right now. The time has to come from somewhere, and in my case, that means no time to write quality posts for my readers here. Thankfully, I have some amazing blogger friends who instantly stepped up when I asked for help. So for the nextread more…

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Blog Swap: What give you the most value?

It’s a Blog Swap! Today, we’re answering the question “What do you spend money on that brings you the most value.” Below is  a guest post from Erika at Newlyweds on a Budget. Erika blogs about managing finances in a relationship. Make sure to hop on over to her blog to read how I answered the question. For more fun, go on over to Narrow Bridge Finance for a round up of all the posts in this blog swap. And be sureread more…

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Real Estate

This is a guest post from Gin @ Frugal Students Real Estate, like any other investment opportunity, can make or loose you money.  However, real estate is more risky because it requires renters to pay the bills and a buyer when you want to get out of it and if you do not purchase correctly, you may never get ahead.  I was luckier than I like to admit but I also planned for over a yearread more…

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At The Intersection of Work and Personal

Thanks to Jana @ Daily Money Shot for this guest post For most of us, work is a necessity. We need to work to earn money to pay for things like housing, food, transportation, clothes, utilities and the occasional splurge. If you’re like me, you like to leave your personal life at home and your work life at work. But what happens if something personal occurs and there’s no way possible to take time off withoutread more…

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Guest Post

I have a guest post up over at Daily Money Shot about making choices. Thank you to Jana for inviting me to write one for her!