Finance is a huge part of our lives yet it remains something that many people struggle with. Today, more than ever before, people are getting into financial difficulties and debt. The recession has been going on for a few years now and people’s houses are still being repossessed. People are still losing their jobs. Worst […]

I’ll admit right away — I miss college. I miss the friends, the freedom, and especially the parties. What I don’t miss is all that credit card debt that once accumulated! I’m smart enough to stay away from those “free” t-shirt deals now, but it took me a while to get a good game plan […]

A few days ago, I had lunch with an individual who is considering hiring me to give a multi-hour seminar to a business convention on personal finance. This person knows me from the local community and is a reader of The Simple Dollar and he felt that I might be the right person to give […]