Money Saving Tips: The Laptop That Doubled in Price

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I got into some bad credit card debt, making bad decision after bad decision that seemed like a good idea at the time and paying no mind to my future. I really [...]

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Update: Expenses Management & The Debt That Wouldn’t Go Away

Mint’s Note: Below is the follow-up we received from the Tuesday Train Wreck posted a month ago, entitled The Debt That Wouldn’t Go Away. In this story, the submitter faced a difficult business situation, in which he made the mistake to use his payroll tax withholding account to fund the continual operation of his [...]

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Budgeting Your Money: Avoid Spending Into a Stressful Financial Life

I’ve always loved to shop, and I think a lot of women and men can identify with the lure of shiny new things. Unfortuantely, I was never one with strong personal budget management skills. While in college and shortly after, I was with a man who made less money then myself.
He’s generally conservative [...]

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Create a Personal Budget: When The Parental “Free Ride” Train Breaks Down

Remember that time when your parents paid for everything? Yeah, that was awesome. Too bad it didn’t come with the warning label: Expires at the age of 21. Not applicable to credit card balances, regardless of promises made by parental unit.

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Personal Expense Tracking: Payday Loan to Keep the Lights On

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Today’s train wreck is about payday loans. One great way to avoid payday loans is through personal expense tracking and solid budgeting.
I think the worst thing I ever did was [...]

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Tracking Finances: Riding the Dot-Com Bubble

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In the late 90’s when the world was ablaze with dotcom millionaires and it looked as though the stock market could make me wealthy too, I bought a lot of technology stocks — including some [...]

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Tracking My Money: The Financially-Challenged Husband

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My worst financial disaster was marrying my husband. A few months before the wedding, we both checked our credit reports and shared the info with each other.
I have always been great [...]

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Debt Management Tools: The Debt That Wouldn’t Go Away

I was fresh out of college, and the job market in my city was shite. Needing a place to live, I needed a job, so I decided to start a consulting business and expand what I’d done in college, for beer money, into a living.
All was well for the first few months, mostly. I ran [...]

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Home Budget: The Pastor’s House (Updated)

Mint’s note: Below is the follow-up we received from the Tuesday Train Wreck posted two weeks ago, entitled The Pastor’s House. In this story, the submitter purchased a house from their pastor, who exploited their trust in him to sell them a house that required major improvements, under an unfavorable contract. It looked [...]

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Make a Budget: Mommy Ruined Tommy’s Credit

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Throughout my whole life, my mother has been horrible about debt. She always seemed to be in one fix or another. But the Train Wreck really happened when my mom’s debt [...]

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