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PT — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:41:52 +0000

You may have noticed I made some changes to the way I’m presenting information here at PT Money. I thought I might take a second to revisit all the ways you can get more out of this website. There’s more to it than simply bookmarking it, or trying to remember to come back each day.

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The QuickHits

Listed below are some great blog posts last week from around the pf blogosphere:

A good analysis of time vs money: Is it Silly to Pay Retail to Protect the Value of Your Time?

More info about the homebuyer tax credit:
Senate Extending Home Buyer Tax Credit
Senators Agree to Extend First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit and Allow $6,500 for Current Homeowners

Good tips for the Holidays: 10 Ways to Save Money this Thanksgiving

Other interesting finds:
Finding Financial Treasure
What’s the Average Credit Card Debt in America?
My Wallet Gets Beer Goggles Too
Are You an Expert on Personal Money Management?
Don’t Lose Any Sleep Over Not Having a Good Credit Score

Also, this past week I had the opportunity to write at the Quicken Online Blog. Check out my blog post: The Proven Strategy for Making Extra Money

carnivals… Money Stories, Money Hackers, Debt Reduction, The Best of Personal Finance

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Carnival of Money Stories: Halloween Candy Edition

PT — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:00:30 +0000

Welcome to the October 26, 2009 edition of the Carnival of Money Stories. Who doesn’t love a good story? And who doesn’t love some Halloween candy? I actually prefer to skip the candy corn and go straight for the chocolate. What about you? What’s your favorite kind of Halloween candy? While your thinking of that, check out these scary money stories, delicately interspersed with some great Halloween treats. Alright, I’m off to go make a “balloon boy” costume.

Credit

MoneyNing presents Credit vs Debit Transactions with Your ATM Card posted at Money Ning, saying, “Are there any difference with saying credit or debit when you hand over an ATM card?”

Intelligent Speculator presents Take that Call posted at TheCreditToolBox.com, saying, “Whenever I see a number I don’t recognize on my telephone, I tend not to pick up. For reasons beyond my understanding, I broke that rule the other day. As it turns out, the phone call was nowhere near as disastrous as I first thought it might be.”

SpendOnLife.com presents Unconditional Love & Identity Theft – Would You Put Your Parent in Prison? posted at SpendOnLife, saying, “Post about my friend Sara’s encounter with family identity theft after her dad stole her identity and ruined her credit.”

Debt

Carrie Bradshaw presents My Finances Weren?t Always This Good: The Finale posted at Carrie…On The Cheap, saying, “This week on my blog, I did a “My Debt History” series. I started my blog after getting out of debt and I wanted to show my readers that I’ve been there before! It was a great experience for both me and my readers (I hope!) because I was able to reflect on how much I’ve learned and share that with my readers.”

Jeff Rose presents Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps Explained posted at Jeff Rose, saying, “Learn how the baby steps helped Joe attain financial peace.”

Darwin presents 5 Reasons Living Paycheck to Paycheck Costs You Thousands posted at Darwin’s Finance, saying, “5 Reasons Living paycheck to paycheck is costing Thousands of Dollars due to these hidden fees and missed opportunities.”

studenomist presents A Student, A Koosh, And Credit Card Debt posted at studenomics.com, saying, “A guest post from FFB outlining is life long battle with debt.”

Housing

Ben presents Furnance Repair Bill posted at Money Smart Life.

freefrombroke presents Ten Things I Learned Moving And Tips posted at Free From Broke, saying, “We recently moved and it was a crazy, whirlwind experience for us. Here is some wisdom we’d like to pass on!”

April presents Which Comes First: The House or the Nest Egg? posted at Get Rich Slowly, saying, “April from Get Rich Slowly offers up her own personal dilemma about whether to prioritize a house or retirement. Do you think it’s a good strategy to build a down payment if it means compromising your retirement savings for a short period of time?”

The Smarter Wallet presents Ready For An Emergency? Preparing For A Big Storm posted at The Smarter Wallet.

Investing

Silicon Valley Blogger presents My Stock Investments: Stock Picking With Diversification posted at The Digerati Life.

The Dough Roller presents A Buyer’s Guide to Rent to Own Homes posted at The Dough Roller, saying, “This experience has taught me two things: (1) tenants make major mistakes when entering into a lease purchase agreement; and (2) some landlords take advantage of tenants who don’t understand how to approach a contract for a rent to own house.”

Other

Single Guy Money presents RIP Grandpa – Thanks For Teaching Me About Life and Money posted at Single Guy Money.

Joe B presents What Annoys Me posted at The Financial Blogger, saying, “I decided to write about all the little things that tend to annoy me, perhaps you will at least rejoice knowing that you are not alone”

FMF presents Free Money Finance: When Family Members Steal posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “The story of one reader who had a family member steal from him.”

jim presents BVC #21: True Power of Compound Interest posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

Allan Inocente presents Building Rich Money Habits 101: My personal finance story posted at Rich Money Habits, saying, “The blog post shows how to build rich money habits to achieve financial freedom. It tells about my personal finance story of learning my money habits, getting into credit card debt, being able to pay it up, build an emergency fund and get started in learning how to be financially free!”

J. Savings presents Making babies is easy, but paying for them? posted at Budgets are Sexy., saying, “The talk of baby making has entered our household, and I’m trying to figure out how much those boogers cost ”

Shopping

Mrs. Accountability presents Our Grocery Budget – How It’s Evolved | Out of Debt Again posted at Out of Debt Again, saying, “How our grocery budget/shopping style has evolved over the past twenty years.”

Peter presents When Getting Great Deals On The Things You Buy, Make Sure You’re Actually Getting The Deal posted at Bible Money Matters, saying, “Sometimes when you get a good deal you need to follow through and make sure that you’re actually getting the deal that you thought.”

BWL presents 4 ways to spend your money wisely posted at Christian Personal Finance, saying, “This article looks at a couple personal examples to help us discover how to make the best purchases…”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of money stories 2 using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Personal Updates and Links: New Insurance for this Bada$$ Blogger

PT — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:45:35 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve shared some of my personal updates as well as some of the more interesting things going on around the interwebs. I’ll take today’s post to get you up to speed.

Recent Local Blogger Meetup

I recently had the opportunity to meet another personal finance blogger that lives in my area. Jason from One Money Design and I met at our local library to discuss blogging, finance, life, and generally just get to know each other. I had a great time and enjoyed getting to meet someone from the online world in “real” life. You can learn more about Jason by visiting his blog (www.onemoneydesign.com), signing up for his free updates, and by following him on twitter (@onemoneydesign).

New Auto Insurance Policy

While I was doing some searching for life insurance (Yes, I’m still in the process of getting life insurance. Almost done though. I promise.), I stumbled upon a nice auto insurance deal from a professional organization that I’m a member of. I ran a quote with Geico and was pleasantly surprised. I’m going to sound like a commercial here, but “I saved a bunch of money by switching to Geico.” ( I love the new “roofers” Geico commercial) A word of caution to those who may be considering a similar move: be sure you compare the old policy and the new one side-by-side to ensure you’re getting the same coverage. My new policy has the same coverage AND it’s around $200 less per six months.

Blog Updates (if you care)

You may have noticed the subtle branding changes I’ve made to the blog. I’m moving away from the “Prime Time Money” name and simply going with “PT Money”. With the url being ptmoney.com, I just thought it made sense to make things concise and just go with the one name. But just because the name is changing, it doesn’t mean the focus is now all on me, PT. The goal will still be to provide you with content that’s of interest to you, first and foremost. Contact me if you’d like to discuss a particular topic, or if you have a story to share.

I’m happy to report that the side-income that I’m able to produce from the site has really been strong lately. In a future post I’d like to share how I make a bit of extra money from the blog. I occasionally let myself think of one day making a full-time living from this site, but realistically that’s still a few years away. David from Money Under 30 recently shared his story of becoming a full-time blogger. A great read if you’re into that kind of thing.

In other news…I’m a bad@ss. Well, at least my blog is. The fine folks at this Australian Credit Card website listed PT Money as on of the Top 25 Badass Personal Finance Blogs. Very cool list of friends, as well as some pretty sweet caricatures of some of us. Check out my bling, yo.

Does it look like me?

Changing Jobs for More Money – Is it Worth It?

PT — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:00:22 +0000

I recently asked if you “would consider a move for more job opportunity?” As a follow up to that post, I’m sharing a guest post from Adrienne Carlson, who regularly writes on the topic of accredited online universities. Adrienne welcomes your comments and questions at her email address: adrienne.carlson83@yahoo.com.

Change Jobs = More Money

With the way the economy is, it’s probably a moot question anyway – Would you change jobs if it meant you are going to be earning more money? But, it is a question that needs to be answered, because if the situation does present itself, you need to know how to act. In my book, it’s not wise to change jobs when it’s a matter of just more money, because money comes and goes – what’s more important is job satisfaction and the extent to which you enjoy your job.

Consider a Job Change If…

Although the economy shows a few signs of picking up, jobs, especially the ones that offer the combination of stability and a good pay packet, are still scarce and few and far between. This means that it is wise to hold on to the job that you do have rather than go looking for something that pays better, unless:

You absolutely hate what you do: The most important aspect of a job is that you love what you do; if you don’t, you’re likely to be miserable and just go about the motions because you need the money. This in turn leads to mistakes and possible termination. So if you don’t love what you do, do what you love or learn to love what you do.
You really need the money: If you must make extra money to take care of debts that must be paid back, it’s ok to take up a new job that pays more if you’re sure about the reputation of the company and if you don’t have to make too many sacrifices in the process.
You don’t have to relocate: or make any other significant changes in your life that affect its quality. When you have to make too many changes in your life, you end up resenting it and take it out on your job.

When you change jobs just for the money, there’s no end to it; you tend to keep job hopping all your life, flitting like a bee from flower to flower without really gathering anything of substance. In short, you’re a rolling stone that gathers no moss. When you’re in a position in life that requires stability, it’s best to act with more responsibility and stick to something that you know and trust rather than tread into the unknown where your salary may not be steady or your job secure.

Have you ever changed jobs for more money? I know I have, but I’d love to hear your story below in the comments…

Carnivals from last week: Money Mistakes, Best of Personal Finance, Money Hacks, Frugality, Debt Reduction, Pecuniary Delights, Twenty Somethings, Personal Finance, Financial Planning

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Personal Finance: Get the Local Perspective

PT — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:04:44 +0000

I little more than a year ago I created the Personal Finance Blogger Map. I initially thought it would only be a resource for us personal finance bloggers to connect with one another, plan meet-ups, etc. For that reason I haven’t really promoted it to you, the reader. But over the past year I’ve received many submissions and the map has grown to include over 100 personal finance bloggers from all over the US, and several from around the World.

The page is pretty simple to navigate (just like Google maps). Once you’re on the page, you just click on the markers and a pop-up bubble will show you a link to a blog in that area. Head over and give it a try.

So why the heck should you care? Well, I thought it might be useful as a resource for you, the reader, to locate someone in your area in order that you might get a more local personal finance perspective. Now I’m not looking for you to stop reading Prime Time Money. I just thought it might benefit you if you found someone that might be in touch with what’s going on in your area. For instance, it might help to be reading someone that:

Understands the State/Country laws that are affecting your finances.
Knows where to find the best deals to help you save money in your area.
Uses the same regional terminology (slang) as you.

At the end of the day, we bloggers are all just people like you. We all have concerns about what’s going on in our own back yards. Therefore, even if the blogger doesn’t write specifically about his/her local area, they’re going to know about it. And most of us don’t mind receiving an email to discuss local issues or to share our local money saving tips. So go ahead. Find your local blogger and reach out for that local perspective.

In case you don’t want to use the map (which is way funner, by the way), I’ve included a list of the bloggers included in the map. Don’t forget to scroll down to see the international bloggers.

Personal Finance Bloggers by State

AL, Birmingham – No Debt Plan
AR, Jonesboro – The Wisdom Journal
AZ, Mesa – Wide Open Wallet
CA, Berkeley – Financial Wellness Project
CA, Riverside – Money Funk
CA, Sacramento – Our Fourpence Worth
CA, San Jose – Save and Conquer
CA, Silicon Valley – The Digerati Life
CO, Fort Collins – The Penny Saved
CO, Lakewood – Rocket Finance
DC, Washington – Mrs. Micah
DC, Washington – Budgets Are Sexy
DC, Washington – Money and Values
DC, Washington – Brunette on a Budget
DC, Washington – Milk Your Money
DC, Washington – One Million Bucks
FL, Jacksonville – Remodeling This Life
FL, Orlando – Not Made Of Money
GA, Alpharetta – Thornton Wealth Management
GA, Atlanta – Single Guy Money
GA, Cumming – Everything Finance
GA, Cumming – The Money Hawk
GA, Decatur – Your Finances 101
GA, Marietta – Amateur Asset Allocator
HI, Kane’ohe – Uncommon Cents
IA, Huxley – The Simple Dollar
IL, Chicago – My Debt Blog
IL, Naperville – Millionaire Money Habits
IL, Springfield – One Caveman’s Financial Journey
IN, Indianapolis – Rich Like You
IN, South Bend – Generation X Finance
KS, Chanute – Engineer A Debt Free Life
LA, New Orleans – Think Your Way To Wealth
MA, Newburyport – Greener Pastures: Personal Finance
MA, Norwood – Don’t Feed The Alligatos
MD, Baltimore – Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
MD, Bethesda – Money Blue Book
MD, Columbia – Buy Like Buffet
MD, Rockville – Clever Dude
MD, Severna Park – The Paycheck Chronicles
MD, Silver Spring – Online Savings Blog
ME, Ellsworth – Breaking Even, Inc.
MI, Ann Arbor – Me vs Debt
MI, Monroe – Monroe on a Budget
MN, Grand Rapids – Northern Cheapskate
MN, Shakopee – Bible Money Matters
MN, St. Paul – Cash on the Barrel Head
MO, Blue Springs – Credit Withdrawal
MO, St. Charles – Christian PF
MO, St. Louis – Financial Ramblings
MO, St. Louis – Spending Less 101
NC, Cary – Working For Financial Freedom
NC, Raleigh – Green Panda Treehouse
NC, Wake Forest – Get Out of Debt
NC, Waynesville – Gather Little By Little
NH, Upper Valley – Kids Meal Crowd
NJ, Delran – The Happy Rock
NJ, Maple Shade – Red Stapler Chronicles
NJ, Princeton – Consumerism Commentary
NM, Taos – My Two Dollars
NY, Albany – The Finance Journey
NY, Brooklyn – The Dangling Conversation
NY, East Rochester – Poorer Than You
NY, Fresh Meadows – Free From Broke
NY, Jackson Heights – Moolanomy Personal Finance Blog
NY, New York – Realm of Prosperity
NY, Queens – My Journey to Millions
NY, Rochester – Spilling Buckets
OH, Cincinnati – Building Equity
OH, Cleveland – Personal Finance Mastery with a Pinch of Motivation
OH, Dayton – My Daily Dollars
OH, St. Henry – Stumble Forward
OR, Medford – Being Frugal
OR, Portland – Finally Frugal
PA, Erie – On A Quest To Be Debt Free
PA, Harrisburg – Be Thrifty Like Us
PA, Philadelphia – Finance Your Life
PA, Pittsburgh – Sense to Save
TX, Austin – My Money Adventure
TX, Corsicana – How I Save Money
TX, Denton – Prime Time Money
TX, Fort Worth – Goliath Debt, David Income
TX, Houston – Wealth and Wisdom
TX, Plano – My Money Minute
UT, Layton – Personal Finance Firewall
UT, Provo – Financial Nut
WA, Everett – Antishay Ventenne
WA, Issaquah – Dividend Pirate
WA, Kent – My Investing Blog
WA, Seattle – A Money Lady
WA, Seattle – Debt Kid
WI, Madison – My Dollar Plan
WI, Sun Prairie – Sharpe Investing

International Personal Finance Bloggers

Australia, Melbourne – Frugal Logic
Australia, North Sydney – Smarter Wealth
Australia, Sydney – My Journey to Eliminate Debt
Bulgaria, Sophia – Natisparite.com
Canada, Hamilton – Colourful Money
Canada, St. John’s – Million Dollar Journey
Canada, Toronto – Quest For Four Pillars
Canada, Vancouver – Saving For Serenity
France, Grenoble – Almost Frugal
France, Marseilles – Esprit Riche
Great Britain, Aberdeen – Holly is Stopping Shopping
Great Britain, London – The Year of Frugality
Great Britain, Yorkshire – Miss Thrifty
India, Bangalore – Engineer’s Finance
India, Mubai – RaagVamdatt.com – Financial Planning Demystified

I’m interested in your opinion: Does it matter where a blog is geographically? Does the physical location of a blogger have an effect on whether you’re willing to follow along?

And in less interesting news, blog carnivals from last week… Carnival of Personal Finance, Festival of Frugality, Carnival of Twenty Something Finance, Carnival of Money Stories, Money Hacks Carnival

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Would You Consider a Move for More Job Opportunity?

PT — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:13:54 +0000

Would you ever consider relocating to a city with more job opportunities? CNN Money recently released their Best Places to Live 2009 list. This year’s ranking was, for obvious reasons, heavily slanted towards cities that provided the most job opportunities. The top ten cities were:

1. Louisville, CO
2. Chanhassen, MN
3. Papillion, NE
4. Middleton, WI
5. Milton, MA
6. Warren, NJ
7. Keller, TX
8. Peachtree City, GA
9. Lake St. Louis, MO
10. Mukilteo, WA

Early in my career I made a move to a city with more opportunity. At the time I didn’t have any responsibilities or ties that could hold me back from moving. I didn’t have a wife or kids in school. I was free to find the best place for me at the time.

Looking back, I definitely consider it a good move from a career perspective. I’ve changed jobs 3 times within this city since first moving, and at each change I had multiple job opportunities made available to me. I wouldn’t have had those I don’t think had I stayed put.

Now that I do have a wife and kid, as well as a community that I’m involved in, it would be a tough decision to make the move to a new city just for a job opportunity. Do you think you could do it? Have you made that move? I’d love to hear about it in the comments below.

Here are a few of my favorite articles from last week.

QuickHits

Giveaways

Carnivals

Have a nice week.

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Into the Archives: August 2008

PT — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:51:50 +0000

Let’s take a look back into the archives. Here’s a few of my favorite posts from this month last year:

Have a great weekend.

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Best Place for An Emergency Fund; And the QuickHits

PT — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:45:39 +0000

Just received this email from my friend Aaron concerning high-interest online savings. Specifically, ING DIRECT’s Orange Account:

“I have a quick question for you. I have about 6 months of emergency savings saved up in a savings account at a regional bank. My friend was telling me how he moved his savings over to ING DIRECT and has been happy with those guys. I was thinking of doing the same. What do you think?”

I’m definitely a big fan of using a high-interest online savings account for your emergency savings. Most are FDIC insured. Typically they don’t come with any fees or minimum balances. And best of all, they pay you higher interest than a typical brick and mortar type bank.

One last reason I like this type of account for emergency savings is because it separates your savings from your checking account. How many times do you find yourself dipping into your emergency fund just because it’s easy access? These online savings accounts aren’t as accessible (they typically take 3 business days or more to move your money in and out). In that sense, I’ve found that I’m able to stick my money there and forget about it until an emergency comes up.

And as for ING DIRECT, they’re definitely one of the top high-yield online savings accounts available. Known for their nice website and great service. They also offer a $25 bonus for accounts opened with more than $250. Hope that helps.

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Personal Updates and the QuickHits

PT — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:56:10 +0000

So I thought I’d take the opportunity during this quickhits post to update you on a few of my own recent personal finance experiences.

It’s Hard to Get Life Insurance

My “just get life insurance already” effort is still underway. A month or two ago I called Zander Insurance (Dave Ramsey’s ELP) and requested a quote on 30 year term life insurance. They showed me the best rate and sent me all the paperwork. I filled out an application and waited a few weeks for the required medical exam. I thought I was done. Apparently, due to the international travel related to my full-time job, I’m required to complete an extra form. So, that’s what I’m doing now. I should have life insurance by September at this rate.

I’m really surprised at how long this process has taken. Kind of morbid of me, but I can’t help but wonder how many people have died while applying for life insurance.

Researching College Savings 529 Plans

We’d like to start something up for our little one for college expenses. To be honest, I’ve been bogged down in the many choices and types of plans there are available. I don’t want to let that slow us down anymore though. I’ve got the program description for the Utah Education Savings Plan out and in front of me. In a few different places I’ve seen this plan recommended as one of the best 529 savings plans. It seems to have the lower costs and many investment options. I also don’t have state taxes to worry about since I’m here in Texas. We’re close to opening this account, setting up the automatic deposit and being done with it.

Quick Hits

Here’s a few blog posts I found especially interesting last week. Enjoy!

Tough Money Love celebrated his first full year of blogging by inviting others to share the Personal Finance Lesson Learned the Hard Way.

Frugal Dad shared a great story and video about people Living Off the Grid with Kids. A very interesting look at a very different lifestyle.

Bargaineering presents a nice read about Supermarket Psychology. Includes some good tips for shopping and 7 items to skip.

Amateur Asset Allocator shares his thoughts on why Your Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance isn’t Necessarily the Best Deal. I thought this was a timely read considering all the chatter that’s been going on around the proposed Govt sponsored plan.

Carnivals from Last Week

Thanks to all the hosts! Have a great week everyone.

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Personal Finance QuickHits

PT — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:55:12 +0000

Happy Monday, everyone. I’m keeping it simple this morning. Just the links. But first, here’s some news from the pf blogosphere…

Larry (Glblguy) from Gather Little by Little is moving on. Larry’s a good guy who took the time to show me how to do this pf blogging thing. His contributions will be missed. If you’re ever in need website design and consulting services check him out at www.emptycabinmedia.com.

Personal Finance Links

Improve Financial Intimacy in Your Marriage
The Best 529 College Savings Plans
Taxes: Traditional 401k vs Roth 401k
5 Easy and Cheap Home Repairs that will Save you Money
Help Deal with Medical Expenses
Pay Off Credit Cards vs Building Emergency Savings
Is the Cash for Clunkers Program Right for You??

Carnivals

98th Carnival of Financial Planning
Carnival of Money Stories: Billy Mays Tribute
Money Hacks Carnival: Working for the Weekend
Carnival of Twenty Something Finances
Carnival of Pecuniary Delights: Best of Personal Finance
Carnival of Personal Finance: New Zealand Edition

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Changing Jobs for More Money – Is it Worth It?

Change Jobs = More Money

Consider a Job Change If…

Personal Finance: Get the Local Perspective

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Would You Consider a Move for More Job Opportunity?

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Into the Archives: August 2008

Best Place for An Emergency Fund; And the QuickHits

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It’s Hard to Get Life Insurance

Researching College Savings 529 Plans

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