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Book Giveaway: The Skinny on Credit Cards

This week’s giveaway is the personal finance book The Skinny on Credit Cards. This book gives an overview of credit cards using stick figure illustrations. The book is inspired by the Manga writing style. It is a quick read but provides lots of useful information.
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My Bankruptcy Experience

In 1996 I declared bankruptcy.  That was the culmination of a series of bad financial moves.  I was only about $20,000 in debt which doesn’t seem like that much to me now but at the time seemed like an insurmountable amount.  My credit card companies kept hitting me with late fees,over the limit fees and [...]

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Alternative Income- Cash Back

This isn’t really an alternative income source since you have to spend money to get it. If you only purchase things you would spend money on anyway though this provides a little extra money. There are two main ways that I get cash back.
The first way is through online cash back shopping portals. [...]

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