Carnival of Money Stories #67
Aug 16th, 2010 by Carlos
Welcome to the August 16, 2010 edition of the Carnival of Money Stories! There’s no better way to learn new ways of saving or making money than by hearing how other regular people like ourselves are doing them. Think about it: business schools are obsessed with case studies and lawyers use previous “stories” to cite precedent to make their cases. In short: what other people have done in the past and how they’ve done it is crucial.
With that, here are the most crucial stories for this week’s Carnival:
Investing
Big Cajun Man presents The Good Wine: A Personal Finance Parable posted at Canadian Personal Finance Blog. Wine and retirement should both get better with age, but sometimes things are a little “off.”
Credit
Julie Sherrier presents Is my new frugality anything like yours? posted at Taking Charge. Will these five new behaviors evaporate after the recession or will people learn their lessons?
Net Worth
GrrlScientist presents Free Money? posted at This Scientific Life. The saga of trying to clean up some unfair black marks on an otherwise solid credit report.
Joe Plemon presents Create Your “No” Policies Before You Need Them posted at Personal Finance By The Book. It’s important to have “the talk” about as many topics as you can to avoid weird situations like this one.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Tracking Your Personal Net Worth posted at The Digerati Life. Interesting notes on the importance of anonymity in a world where everyone likes to share their net worth online.
Housing
Jeff Rose, CFP presents Dave Ramsey FPU 12 Real Estate and Mortgages posted at Jeff Rose. Get an inside peek at Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University and what he thinks about real estate.
J. Money presents Think You Could Live in a Houseboat? posted at Budgets Are Sexy. Living on a houseboat does seem pretty sweet, but I’m sure the reality isn’t as appealing…
Ryan @ CML presents How to Stage Your Home For Sale posted at Cash Money Life. Ryan has some good tips on what worked for him when he staged his home before putting it on the market.
Shopping
Madison DuPaix presents Back-to-School Shopping Tips to Stretch Your Budget posted at My Dollar Plan. Madison’s tips were impossible to follow when she was a kid, but now you can and should follow them.
Unclassifiable
FMF presents Something I Like: Applebee’s 2 for $20 posted at Free Money Finance. You have to give credit where credit is due: Applebee’s 2 for $20 is a pretty sweet deal.
PT presents Maintaining a Car Past 100,000 Miles posted at PT Money. PT just pushed his car over 100,000 miles and he has some tips on how to help you get this much use out of your car.
Images by derekGavey, Andres Rueda, respres, schizoform, DerrikT
Good point: experience is our best teacher, which is what makes this Carnival special. Thanks for hosting and including my post. Greatly appreciated!
Thanks for hosting! I look forward to reading these articles tonight!
I’ve enjoyed this edition of the carnival. A pleasure to have participated!
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