Arming Yourself

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This is a guest article by Otherdeb (Deb Wunder).  Deb is a 55-year-old writer who lives in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to her [...]

The emotional snowball

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We paid off our Chase card last week. It was an amazing feeling and one that has kicked in the afterburners on knocking out our Bank of America card next. My two remaining cards, Bank of America and Wachovia are our last two. While I don’t like the debt, I [...]

What Does the Bible Tell Us About Debt?

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This is a guest post by Miranda Marquit who writes about personal finances for the All Business Personal Finance Corner and edits information on debt consolidation for DestroyDebt.com. Interested in writing a guest post for Gather Little by Little? Contact me!

One of the growing areas of personal finance is an interest [...]

Dealing with the debt timebomb

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This is a guest post by Jonathan who created Friends and Money in March 2007. His site is dedicated to providing reviews of paid survey, social networking, and cash back shopping communities. His aim is encourage visitors to combine the twin goals of making friends and earning money online.
Debt is an increasingly [...]

The secrets credit card companies DON’T want you to know

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My level of detest I have for credit cards and credit card companies is no secret. I’ve many times about the shady tactics of credit card companies and how they prey on people in need. Credit Card companies not only issue credit cards, process credit card transactions, market and sell credit [...]

A Good Example of A Bad Debt Collector

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The following is a guest post by Cindy from Oh My Aching Debts, where she blogs about surviving the tough times, getting out of debt, and saving money.  If you like this post, consider subscribing to her RSS feed.
Having written a great deal on dealing with debt collectors and negotiating debt settlements, [...]

10 Good uses for a credit cards

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I am not a fan of credit cards. I’ve been burned and I’ve seen and read about far too many people’s lives turned upside down through the use of credit cards. Recently though, I’ve been trying to focus on being more environmentally conscientious. If [...]

Cash advances: Stray not into temptation!

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The following is a guest post by Jonathan from Master Your Card, a blog about credit cards and mastering them before they master you. If you like this post, consider subscribing to his RSS feed.
There you are, broke and in need of cash. Your bank account is so empty there’s an echo [...]

Gazelle Intensity: How fast is it?

Gazelle Intensity is a term coined by Dave Ramsey that refers to how a Gazelle reacts when being pursued by a Cheetah. The concept of Gazelle intensity is even found in scripture.
One of the queries I seem to get fairly often is: How fast is gazelle intensity? Based on the number of [...]

A look at reverse mortgages

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While reading the local newspaper a few weeks back I came across a short blurb in the financial section about reverse mortgages and their recent surge in popularity with older Americans. The New York Times reported that there’s now a $20-billion-a-year industry in reverse mortgages, with “elderly homeowners taking out more than [...]

Why I think P2P lending is a bad idea

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The rage around money lending these days, at least in the blogosphere is Peer to Peer Lending (P2P). Services like Lending Club and Prosper enable loans between individuals, bypassing traditional loans generally provided by banks. The P2P concept in theory, allows individuals to reap many of the same [...]

On Becoming Debt Free

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The following is a guest post by my friend Ana of DebtFREE-Revolution, a blog about being debt free and getting out of debt. If you like this post, consider subscribing to her feed via RSS.
I became debt free but the mortgage earlier this week, and Gibble asked if I would like to [...]

Gazelle intensity is scriptural

I’ve been reading and thinking a lot on topic Gazelle Intensity from Dave Ramsey lately. There has been quit a bit of discussion about the topic on various personal finance blogs.  I am very personally interested in the various aspects of it and have lots of questions, such as:  How realistic is it? [...]

Credit Card Companies - They really are out to get you

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I’m just an average man with an average life
I work from nine to five, hey, I pay the price
All I want is to be left alone in my average home
But why do I always feel like I’m in the twilight zone
- From “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Rockwell
Have you been shopping at a [...]

Gazelle intensity vacations to avoid burnout

There has been a great deal of buzz amoungst various personal finance bloggers lately around the concept of Gazelle Intense, myself included. As a result, I’ve found myself musing on it a bit lately: What it means exactly, would I be considered gazelle intense, and frankly wondering if those that claim to be gazelle [...]