Best Places to Purchase Textbooks for Students

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As a college student, we all know how expensive it is to buy just about anything in our daily lives.  From our daily meals, to our clothing, how the heck are we supposed to afford all of this?  With student loan and credit card debt reaching an all time high per student, I wanted to give ...

Other People’s Priorities Don’t Have to Be Your Priorities

Kelly writes in:

In the past three months, I’ve paid off all but $2,000 of my credit card debt. I feel happier about my money than I have in a long time. The only problem is that my social life seems to be falling apart. I don’t have as much interest in the things my friends are spending ...

February 2010 Networth Report

It’s been quite awhile since I’ve posted a networth report. I used to post an update every month but decided to quit posting them for awhile. The last report was posted in August 2008.  As of that report, my networth was over $77,000. Due to several factors, it looks like I’m down a little over $20k. Namely, the decrease was caused ...

Getting Out of Debt Quickly pt 2

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This is part 2 of a 4 part series on getting out of debt quickly. Make sure that you read all four parts in order to get the most out of this sequence of hints on getting yourself or your family out of the debt trap.

Next you are going to want to try to consolidate all of your debt onto ...

The Truth about Credit Cards and Debt pt 1

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This is part one in a two part series about credit card debt and where we actually stand as a nation when you consider the pure numbers. You have probably heard figures like “The average American carries more than $8,000 in credit card debt on average.” But what does this figure mean, exactly? This is a figure that is frequently ...

The Worst Advice I’ve Ever Seen From a Major Publication

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Today, one of our writers came across an article that made me want to throw up just from reading the title: Forget the Mortgage, I’m Paying My Credit Card Bill. Oh man, where do I start? I honestly feel bad for the people that write this crap and for the people that they interview, because they really ...

Reader Story: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Moved in with Mom

This guest post from Lizzie is part of a new feature here at Get Rich Slowly. Every Sunday will include a reader story (in the new “reader stories” category). Some will be general “how I did X” stories, and others will be examples of how a GRS reader achieved financial success.

Confession time: I read Get Rich Slowly on a daily ...

Pay Off Debt or Invest? Think About Your Rate of Return

Andrew writes in:

My girlfriend and I bought a home last year and qualify for the First Time Homebuyer Credit. When you include my share of this, I will be getting back around $4500 in my tax refund. This is a lot of money to me and I’m trying to decide what to do with it. About half will go toward ...

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