Eliminating your credit card debt and all of your debt is the single most important thing you can do to help you start winning with money. But, it’s one thing to just pay off your credit card debt and get right back into debt. When you decide to eliminate your debt and achieve the goal, your next...

I’ve been writing personal finance articles for almost 5 years now, and I still don’t claim to know it all or know exactly what financial moves to make in my own life. One great advantage to having an outlet at my disposal like Money Crashers is that I have thousands of readers that can...

After a ton of hype, Apple’s iPad came out two Saturdays ago, and ever since then there have been thousands of articles written about it and the analysis has been all over the place. Some people are having a hard time figuring out who it’s right for and who it’s not. Some of you are...

We’re proud to be hosting the 43rd edition of the Best of Money Carnival for this week. The Best of Money Carnival is a little different than most carnivals. Instead of almost all submissions getting included in the carnival as long as you follow directions and submit your article, the Best of...

Our cars can be one of the most financially draining possessions that we own. The first thing most people think of when you start talking about an emergency expense is a costly car repair. Not only are maintenance and repairs expensive, but buying gasoline, the fees and taxes associated with buying...

About 16 months ago, I began a new chapter of my life. Starting college is a memorable event in any person’s life. The beginning of my college career was different than most college students. I didn’t leave Ohio to go to school. I didn’t leave Delaware, Ohio to go to school. I didn’t...

Last week, I finally took the plunge and switched my alliances with PC and Windows and switched to Apple. I bought a 21.5″ Apple iMac with 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics card with 256MB memory, and a 3.06GHZ Dual Core Intel processor. I should just move to San Francisco...

If you’ve been following the financial news today, then you saw articles like this one from Yahoo Finance about the unemployment rate falling to 9.7% , which is a five-month low. That sounds like good news, and it could be, but when you look deeper into the numbers and throw some logic into the...

Last week I revealed to you how my best friend and I started a side business doing internet marketing for small businesses and one reason for our success was that we found clients before we set up the business. Now that we have some clients, we need to look a little more legit, so we started shopping...

Being a newlywed can be an exciting period in two people’s lives. Young or old, those who have decided to take the plunge and get married will likely find their lives radically changed from when they were single. One aspect of life where this change might be most noticeable is in the area of personal...