Money Hacks Carnival #103 – Snowed In Edition
Over here on the East Coast we have been getting crushed with snow lately. We had 30 inches last weekend and we are hunkering down for another 10 inches today. In honor of the wild snow storms we’ve been having I’ve made the 103rd Money Hacks Carnival the “Snowed In” edition.
There were 45 submissions to the carnival this week. Some were good, some were average, and some did not qualify for this week’s carnival. Members of the Money Hacker blog network sure do love their Thesis themes.
Favorites
Valentine’s Day is almost upon us. Ray at Financial Highway posted Frugal Valentines Day Gift Ideas posted at Financial Highway.
Intelligent Speculator gives us 2010 Stock Picks: REIT ETF’s posted at Intelligent Speculator. An important part of the collapse of the US & world economy was because of the huge real estate and debt bubble that had been created. Now, as things get back to normal, there are deals to be made in the real estate arena.
Daniel talks about The True Cost of Coffee over at Sweating The Big Stuff.
Make Money
Since we care about making money at Need Money Tips just as much as we care about saving money, I had to make a small category of posts for those that wrote on ways to make a few extra bucks…
Nicki wrote make extra money selling baked goods over at Domestic Cents.
MD at Studenomics presents How You Can Make Money in College Right Now posted at studenomics.com.
Personal Finance
Craig Ford presents 8 Tips For Knowing When To Refinance A Mortgage posted at Money Help For Christians.
Consumer Boomer presents Roth IRA Withdrawal Rules, Options, and Penalties posted at Consumer Boomer.
Paul Williams presents Frugal Tips from The Complete Tightwad Gazette: Track Your Spending for 3 Months posted at Provident Planning.
LeanLifeCoach presents Why Can’t I Save Money? posted at Eliminate The Muda!.
Frank presents Negotiate Overdraft Fees posted at Live Frugally or Die Broke.
Chris Holdheide presents 3 Refinance Tips That Will Save You A Ton Of Money posted at StumbleForward.com.
2 Cents presents Where Are Interest Rates Going? posted at Balance Junkie.
Jason presents How Healthy are Your Finances? Financial Health Calculator posted at One Money Design.
Peter presents What Is A Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)? How Does It Work? posted at Bible Money Matters.
Taxes
Matt Jabs presents Turbotax – Prepare Taxes Online – Free eFile posted at Debt Free Adventure!.
freefrombroke presents The Government Appreciates That you Over Pay Your Taxes posted at Free From Broke.
Kyle gives us reasons to keep our tax returns longer than three years with – How Long to Keep Tax Returns over at Suburban Dollar
pkamp3 wrote a post titled – Revolve Debt to Fund an Emergency Fund? – over at Don’t Quit Your Day Job
FIRE Finance presents Taxes – Donating An Old Car May Not Be Deductible posted at FIRE Finance.
Investment
Bret presents Investing in a Shaky Market posted at Hope to Prosper.
FlBlogger presents Home Improvement: Adding Value With Inexpensive Projects posted at 20s Money.
D4L presents 10 Dividend Stocks Increasing Yield On Cost posted at Dividends Value.
Save Money
Tom at Canadian Finance Blog presents Reducing Your Spending While Intoxicated posted at Canadian Finance Blog.
RJ Weiss presents The Ridicously Long List of Ways to Go Green to Save Money posted at Gen Y Wealth.
Billeater presents How To Save Money At the Post Office posted at Billeater.
Bucksome presents Are Luggage Fees the Tipping Point? posted at Buck$ome Boomer’s Journey to Retirement.
Miscellaneous
Mike presents Is Law School Worth The Cost? posted at The Frugal Law Student.
The Financial Blogger shows us what he is worth with a February Net Worth Update (+0.7%) posted at The Financial Blogger.
PT presents Inexpensive Healthy Foods to Stay Slim on a Trimmed Budget posted at PT Money.
DR presents 0% APR Balance Transfer for 12 Months posted at The Dough Roller.
Free Family Finance wrote how to use a mortgage calculator posted at Free Family Finance.
Thanks for including my post! Have a great day
Thanks for including my post. I be sending a link and a Stumble your way for sure.
Thank you for hosting a great carnival. May the white fluffy stuff melt soon!
Thanks for the pick! Unfortunately, I am not snowed in and had to treck through the snow and wind to get to work!
Thanks for hosting! We got whacked with snow in southern Ontario yesterday too, but it was our first biggie of the year. We had a much harsher winter last year. Spring is coming . . . really!
Thanks for putting in the time to put this together. Well done!
Thanks for hosting!
Thanks for hosting.
I live in sunny So. Cal., so I can’t complain about the snow. But, two of our workers came out for a meeting and they can’t get back. They don’t seem too bummed about it though. I heard one of them say, “I’m getting a lot of work done here in the office.” Yeah, right. More like, they are hanging out at the beach and drinking margaritas, instead of freezing in D.C. and Minneapolis.
Drive safe and enjoy the snow while it lasts.
Thanks for the mention!