What a Great Home Based Business Looks Like

February 6, 2012

Welcome to our week-long series on How to Earn Extra Dough with a Home Based Business. In this first of five articles, we look at some factors you should consider when deciding on your next side-income-earning adventure. Finding the perfect Side Hustle isn’t easy. In my case, blogging is how I make my extra income [...]

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How to Earn Extra Dough with a Home Based Business

February 5, 2012

Blogging about personal finance for the past five years has taught me many things. But the most important lesson I’ve learned was completely unexpected–the power and freedom of earning extra income. Some call it a side hustle. Others call it a home based business. I call it life-changing. A side hustle is anything that makes [...]

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Best and Worst Cell Phone Carriers

February 3, 2012
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Photo: JonJon2k8 According to a recent study from Consumer Reports, AT&T ranked at the bottom of the chart in customer satisfaction for the second year in a row. This is the result of the 2011 Consumer Reports’ poll of 66,000 of their online subscribers. I found this a bit surprising. I had an iPhone with [...]

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How Much Should You Borrow For College?

February 2, 2012
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Photo: niseag03 Igraduated from law school with $55,000 in school loans. It took me nearly 20 years to pay off that debt. And here’s the really crazy part of it all–many in my class had far more in loans, some exceeding $100,000. And this was in the early 1990′s! While my law degree has been [...]

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Traditional IRA Contributions and Deduction Limits For 2012

February 1, 2012

As I’ve written about in the past, an IRA is a great way to save for retirement. If you qualify, you can stash money away for retirement, deduct your contributions from your taxable income, and let your nest egg grow tax-deferred until you take it out during retirement. The rules on contribution limits and whether [...]

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Track Your Finances with HelloWallet

January 30, 2012

I‘ve been writing about finance for many years now, having trudged through the many reviews of online software to help consumers budget.   Quicken has always been my software of choice, but I have to say that as of today, I’ll be using HelloWallet for all of my budgeting needs.  This software may be a bit [...]

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TurboTax 2011 Review

January 28, 2012

With tax season right around the corner, it’s a good time to review the #1 most popular tax software on the market–TurboTax 2011. I’ve used TurboTax for years and reviewed several versions of the software over the years. With our tax returns, we really put TurboTax through its paces. In addition to itemizing deductions, we [...]

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American Express Credit Cards Review

January 27, 2012

Founded all the way back in 1850 (even before Dough Roller was born!), American Express has spent the better part of 160 years providing financial services to consumers and businesses.  Strangely, AMEX started out as an express mail service and did not make its way into the financial industry until 1882 by opening up a [...]

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Avoid These Mistakes When Climbing Out of Debt

January 27, 2012

Welcome to our week-long series on crushing your credit card debt. In this last of five articles, we look at some common mistakes people make as they try to pay off their credit card debt. So you have considered the decisions and circumstances that got you into your current debt situation. You are committed to [...]

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