Category Archives: Friday Financial Foul Ups

Friday Financial Foul Ups: Giants, Elves, and the $86 Movie I Never Even Finished

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature a guest post from Kristin Norris of Instigationology. Kristin is one of those amazing people that makes me thankful for the internet’s existence.  Her writing is witty, intelligent and most importantly, honest.  Kristin is also a small business owner with her own web design studio, Dezabulous.com (amazing [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Ups: Being Down on High Interest Rate Checking

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature a guest post from Kyle at Suburban Dollar.  Kyle writes about his own financial experiences and openly states that he doesn’t know everything.  However, that makes his writing and his tone refreshing and I really enjoy reading his content.  If you aren’t already, look for Kyle on [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Ups: Pale Dudes Shouldn’t Go Tanning

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature one of my own foul ups from years past.  If you like what you read, you should consider subscribing to my site by clicking here.  Also, Friday Financial Foul Ups has been nominated for a Plutus Award.  Please go here and give it a vote for Best [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Ups: How Financial Knowledge Can Hurt

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature a submission from Shawanda of You Have More Than You Think.  Shawanda is one of our fellow DC Bloggers and was one of the first bloggers I met in person.  I really respect her opinions and her writing.  Shawanda is a CPA (so she really does have [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Ups: “Love” Can Hurt Your Financial Situation

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature a submission by Christine from Money Funk.  Christine has created a great community at her site where she discusses the process of eradicating over $85,000 in debt.  She is active on twitter (@moneyfunk) and is a great asset to the PF blogosphere.  I hope you enjoy her [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Ups: Trying to Get Rich Quick

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature a submission by Clayton Collins from Just Good Financial Advice. Clayton is a Fire Fighter and blogger who is passionate about Financial Strength and saving for retirement. He writes about Finance, Saving for Retirement, and Personal Development. His writing has been featured at My Next Buck and ChristianPF. [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Up: Black Friday’s Purchase Become a Dust Collector

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature a submission by Craig from Budget Pulse.  BudgetPulse is a free online personal budgeting tool that offers the perfect combination of simplicity and functionality. It was designed so that anyone can quickly and easily take control of their personal finances.  Craig can be seen all over twitter [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Ups: The Fine Print of Rental Properties

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature a submission by Jesse from Personal Finance Firewall. On his blog, Jesse talks about his “burning” passion for personal finance and how he has bettered his financial life since January of 2009.   Jesse can often be found on twitter (@pffirewall) as he has a ton [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Ups: Unsuccessfully Restoring a Car; Successfully Spending Money

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature a submission by Paul from Fiscal Geek.  On his blog, Paul makes no apologies about his inner geekdom, and thats why his audience appreciates him so much.  He spreads his knowledge about finance and technology to help his readers improve their fiscal fitness.  If you aren’t following [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Ups: How Getting Married Wrecked My Finances

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature a post by Mrs. Micah from Finance For a Freelance Life.  Since I started blogging six months ago, she has been one of the most helpful people I have met.  I am glad to call her my friend in the blogosphere, but most importantly,a friend away from [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Ups: Speeding Up Payments on Loan Interest, Not Principal

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature a post by Evan.  Evan, a 27 year old married lawyer blogs over at My Journey To Millions about personal finance and estate information.  If you like this foul up, take a minute and give Evan a follow over at twitter (@MJTM)  Enjoy his story and hopefully you [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Ups: Stretching Yourself to Have a Comparable Car to your Friends

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature a guest post by Elle. Elle has been blogging over at Couple Money for a couple of months on how she and her family handles their finances. To follow Elle you can check her on twitter (@Elle_CM) or subscribe to her blog. Enjoy her story [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Ups: Sibling Bailouts Cost More Than Just Money

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature a guest post by Revanche.  Revanche has been blogging at A Gai Shan Life since 2006!  Since 2000, she’s put herself through college and paid off $75,000 of debt on her family’s behalf.  She has recently hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance and is a huge comic book [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Ups: There’s Nothing Interesting About Interest-Only Loans

This week’s Friday Financial Foul Up will feature a guest post by Brad Chaffee. Brad has been blogging at Enemy of Debt since April of 2008. He paid off over $25,000 in consumer debt and now has become debt’s biggest challenger claiming to HATE it! To follow Brad you can look for him on twitter (@enemyofdebt) [...]

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Friday Financial Foul Ups: Buying a Car on the GM “Smart Buy Program” with a Balloon Payment at the End

This week’s Financial Foul up is written by Jason who blogs over at Redeeming Riches.  He is a financial planner by day and a blogger by night.  He ties his career, personal and faith experiences into his blogging to help Restore Your Money & Renew Your Mind.  Follow him on Twitter (@RedeemingRiches) or subscribe to his [...]

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