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Check Your Credit Score and Credit Report Today, for Free! 8 Apr 2013 | 05:00 pm
April is one of the months that I have designated to check my credit report. Since you’re allowed (by law) a free credit report annually from each of the 3 credit reporting agencies, that gives you an...
College Students: Make Money by Getting Good Grades 3 Apr 2013 | 05:00 pm
Kyle Taylor is a blogger at The Penny Hoarder. Check out his blog to get 100’s of weird and wacky ways to make extra money. For many college students, money is tight. They might dig through the couch...
Net Worth Update: March 2013 2 Apr 2013 | 05:00 pm
Happy April Fools Day yesterday! Sorry about misleading you – Mortimer is completely fictional, and there is no new author coming to PoorerThanYou at this time. You’re stuck with just me, for now! If ...
Presenting Our New Author: Mortimer 1 Apr 2013 | 04:06 pm
Hey everyone! Stephanie here, long-time author and creator of PoorerThanYou.com, with a big, big announcement for you. From here on out, you’ll be seeing new blog posts three times a week (or so) from...
Net Worth Update: December 2012 – February 2013 4 Mar 2013 | 06:00 pm
The world didn’t end and I somehow entered my 27th year more-or-less unscathed. So how did the financials stack up, when 2012 was all said and done? (And 2013 is already 1/6th of the way done! Egads!)...
Watch Me Play Video Games and Dance for Charity 29 Dec 2012 | 12:15 am
And now for something completely different! I’m holding a video game marathon fundraiser for charity: water tonight, to raise money for clean water infrastructure in Rwanda. I’ve always been a big pr...
Net Worth Update: November 2012 5 Dec 2012 | 05:05 pm
I’ve been testing out some new money tactics, with the goal of getting my net worth up to $0 by September 2014. But November, the month of a big charity event and the lead-up to Christmas, is a tough ...
ING Direct – or How It’s Possible for Me to be In Love with a Bank 29 Nov 2012 | 06:01 pm
Since this post was written, ING Direct has been officially renamed to “Capital One 360.” Although there have been some other cosmetic changes (such as the brand colors changing from orange and blue t...
Net Worth Update: October 2012 5 Nov 2012 | 06:00 pm
This month, I pulled my credit report to review it. You know, from AnnualCreditReport.com (the only free authorized source), like you’re supposed to do every four months or so. I’m happy to report the...
Savings Snowball Update – October, 2012 14 Oct 2012 | 12:18 am
I manage my savings the same way many people manage their debt: with a “snowball plan!” If you are not familiar with snowball plans, they work like this: You list out all of your debts (or goals, in ...
