Archive for October, 2009


Prosper $50 Sign Up Bonus

Prosper is back just in time for today’s Free Money Friday offer. Prosper is giving a $50 sign up bonus!
And it could quite possibly be the fastest $50 we’ve ever earned. I signed up my husband (because I already had an account) and it took a total of 4 minutes to get the $50!
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IRS Enrolled Agents, Investing, and Housing

To satisfy one of my crazy tax desires, I’ve decided to become an enrolled agent. Not exactly your typical free time hobby, but something I find intriguing. I’ve completed taxes for years and volunteered for VITA, so it’s really the next logical step.
As an enrolled agent, you can practice and represent taxpayers before the [...]


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Earning Interest and Dividends on Someone Else’s Dime

Interest is, well, quite interesting. Instead of your money accumulating in your mattress or shoe box, it can now accumulate plus earn its own money. Money earning money—what a concept.
And there are multiple ways to achieve this: you can open a savings account or purchase certificates of deposits in order to earn interest, or [...]


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Finding the Value in Money

Let’s be honest—money has no real value. When you strip away the power, the glamour and glitz, and the intrigue that is associated with owning some, it becomes nothing more than exactly what it is: a piece of green and white cotton paper with some jargon about trust, a photo of a dead president, and [...]


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11 Ways to Save Money on Groceries

One of the money saving tips you’ll read about most often is to eat out less and cook more. But just like you need an overall spending plan to manage your income and expenses, you might need a good grocery shopping plan to make sure that cooking is actually cheaper for you.
Over the last [...]


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