It’s been a fantastic 2006 at Get Rich Slowly. In April of this year, I started the site hoping that I could help a few hundred people on their path to financial success. Get Rich Slowly now has an audience of a few thousand. At the end of the year, it seems fitting to look [...]

Susan at +amateur christian+ has some advice for first-time homebuyers — spend some time to search for grants, and you might be able to get into a home without spending a fortune.
Two years ago I closed escrow on my very first home purchase. I did it with almost no money of my own, thanks [...]

Joseph and his partner have made all the right moves. They carry no credit consumer debt, but they’re still burdened with student loans and a mortgage. They’re barely able to make ends meet, and are worried about what this means for the future.
I am 30 years old and in my last year of a Master’s [...]

Frugal For Life: Frugality isn’t Voluntary Poverty
(tags: frugality philosophy)

Getting Finances Done » Sunday Shopping Circulars Online
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A few weeks ago I mentioned Curbly, a new community-based DIY site. Here’s a guest-post from one of the Curbly’s featured writers, Alex Russell.
Copper’s proper. That’s the saying, anyway. But the problem now with copper for your plumbing has nothing to do with reliability. It’s cost. Over the past year, the retail price of copper [...]

Guest-writer Paul Gonzalez believes that giving up television can save you big bucks. Paul and his wife run One Year Exit Plan, which provides coaching and personal project management services to people seeking long-lasting change.
Going “NO-TV” can save you money. In our “Your Relationship with Money” workshops, we advocate living without television. There [...]

Christmas is over. You received some thoughtful presents, but also got some duds. That collection of cooking spices from your Aunt Madge? You hate to cook! Here’s some sage advice from Marie, a self-confessed re-gifting addict.
Regifting has a tarnished reputation in today’s consumer-driven society. Perhaps it’s driven by businesses hoping to convince us to [...]

mileage vs. age in used cars | Ask MetaFilter
“All other things being equal, do I pick the older car with lower mileage or the later model with high mileage?”
(tags: cars shopping choices)

Martin warns that sometimes unexpected expenses can blow a budget.
This is my first year out of college. This is my first year with a job. This is my first year handling my finances for real in the real world. But this is not my first year not living at home.
While I was in college, [...]

Ben writes with an interesting predicament, and he hopes GRS readers can provide some guidance. He’s trying to dig out of debt and establish an emergency fund, but which is more important?
I recently accepted an offer for a 0%-for-12-months Citi credit card. (That’s 0% on both purchases and bank transfers.) I opted to get the [...]