Control Your Cash is a great personal finance book written by Yakezie Member Greg McFarlane and Betty Kincaid. The book covers a range of personal finance topics – bank accounts, credit cards, credit score, investing, securities, buying a car, buying a home, budgeting, taxes and entrepreneurship.
Almost everything. These are some of the points that stand out. Read More
The first incarnation of Well Heeled Blog was as a lifestyle, fashion, and decor blog. I still love all three of those topics, but I quickly realized that as a broke college student, I couldn’t very well afford those lovely $300 Anthropologie frocks or $500 Louis Ghost chairs.
Then I started reading personal finance blogs, and my life changed forever. Read More
So, I know what you all are thinking. Why would someone assign a name to a site that is composed of 4 words, 3 spaces, and 24 letters?
Without giving away the answer quite yet, I will simply say that I am very grateful for and do not hesitate to apply liberal use of the “copy-paste” feature on computers! But, I am getting ahead of myself. It’s not time for self-directed insults to begin flying just yet.
My name is Jacob (guy in the picture to the right), creator and author of My Personal Finance Journey. I am 25 years old, and just started a Chemical Engineering PhD program this fall after working for a publicly traded pharmaceutical company for 2 years. Read More
Mr. Money Smarts here from Smart On Money Personal Finance Blog. Thanks for allowing me this space to share a little bit about myself, talk about my blog and blogging goals, and to share my experience in the mighty Yakezie.
I’m a 34 year old midwestern father of one little boy (born a month after I launched my site!), and husband to 1 beautiful wife of 8 years (With the popularity of that show “Sister Wives”, I thought I should mention I have only 1 wife). I’m a graduate of the University of Minnesota, and my day job is working in the IT department at a local advertising agency that specializes in working with automotive clients and big dealer groups. It’s a good place to work, and I’ve been there for almost 10 years now. Read More
Who’s the Coach?
Hi, I’m Geoff and I’m the Car Negotiation Coach. A few fun facts about me:
Hi! I’m Mrs. Money from Ultimate Money Blog. I started my blog in January 2008 as a way to share my money saving and green living ideas. I firmly believe that when you try to save money, living green goes hand in hand.
I had never had any consumer debt until my husband decided he wanted to attend culinary school. Our gross annual income when he decided he wanted to go back to school was around $34,000 and needless to say, the student loans we took out totaled more than that at over $36,000. Luckily, we continued to live frugally and paid off that debt in three years. Read More
There’s a lot you can learn about yourself, your ambitions, and life in general while shoveling manure. And I shoveled a lot of it while growing up on a dairy farm in the rolling hills of Lancaster, PA. From the time I could walk I was out in the barn helping my father and siblings with the cows. Our whole lives revolved around the twice-per-day milkings, the yearly harvests, the milk check, and… a whole lot of manure. Being a farmer was hard work, there was a social stigma involved, and while food was always on the table, there was not a lot of extra cash to go around. But the experience was invaluable.
My Frugal Roots Read More
My name is Jacob. I am 35, financially independent and extremely early retired. I have been retired for almost two years now thanks to what can be considered a crash savings program. When I was working as an academic researcher, I was saving over 75% of my income. This was mainly due to me being so engaged in my work that I never developed a taste for consumerism, fine dining, and other bling-bling. I was also moving around in the world relocating to a new country every 3–4 years, so I never got bogged down with mortgage payments, credit loan, cars, and other financial traps. Read More
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