This is a guest post from Kim McGrigg of Money Management International, the nation’s largest nonprofit credit and debt counseling firm.
I often warn consumers about the little things that can have a big impact on their credit score. Today, I’m in more of a “don’t sweat the small stuff” kind of a mood. [...]

He’s back! The ever-controversial Tynan offers today’s guest entry on downsizing from an expensive condo to a 21-foot RV.
On April 20th at 3am I was still awake. I stood on the balcony of my penthouse in downtown Austin and watched the traffic drive by. We were supposed to leave the next day, but I was [...]

This is a guest post by Mehdi, author of StrongLifts.com. If you enjoy this post, check out his site.
Eating healthy is important. Eating healthy:

Lowers disease risks
Increases productivity
Gives you more energy
Makes you stronger

You probably think eating healthy is expensive. I’ll be honest — it is. But there are tricks to keep it low cost. [...]

Greetings from Ireland!
Earlier this week we flew from London to Dublin, and for the past few days we’ve been exploring the Emerald Isle. My wife’s parents, who have generously funded the bulk of this trip, booked us on a series of rail-and-bus tours of Cork, Cobh (Queenstown), Killarney, Waterford, Kilkenny, and the ring of Kerry. [...]

This is a guest post from JerichoHill.
Last week I introduced the first of a three-part series on my experiences with building a major home addition. It dealt with defining your objectives and determining if the necessary resources were available and where they were located.
To Recap: Because my fiancée, Julie, bought before housing [...]

This guest post from Terry M. contains strong language.
Most readers of this blog are from the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom. We have an extraordinarily high standard of living compared to most of the world, and I feel there are a lot of lessons to be learned from how people live in developing [...]

This is a guest post from Penny Nickel of Money and Values.
If you’ve ever looked into socially conscious personal finance options, you may be familiar with Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), probably in the form of mutual funds.  But did you know that there’s a whole world out there of products like savings accounts and CDs [...]

This guest post is by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits, one of my favorite blogs.
Most of the time, the standard advice about debt elimination is to pay it off incrementally, over a period of time. We’re advised to be patient, and to hold on tight until the day comes when we pay off our debt.
That’s [...]

DM wrote to share his favorite grocery tip.

As the primary cook and grocery-getter in our household, I’ve discovered that there are certain pantry and household items that we use more than others. In our case, it’s things like: canned chicken broth, canned tomatoes, frozen ground turkey, and Diet Pepsi. These are things that I [...]

I’ve been saving this post for several months, waiting for a time to share it. After Penelope’s guest-post yesterday about moving to a smaller city, I figured now was the time.
I grew up in a small town. Canby was a rural farming community when I was a boy. People made their livings from selling produce, [...]