Money Hacks Carnival #30~Fall is in the Air Edition

Welcome to 30th Money Hacks Carnival! I am very excited to be your host for this week’s carnival. I recently hosted the Finance Fiesta #15~The Patriot Day Edition.

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My Favorite Season: (Editor’s Picks)

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~George Eliot

• FIRE Finance presents Save Your Wallet With These Penny Hacks posted at FIRE Finance.
• Miss Thrifty presents Hassle-free oven cleaning posted at Miss Thrifty. It’s a short but sweet moneysaving tip!
• The Financial Blogger presents Borrowing To Increase Your Net Worth posted at The Financial Blogger. Everybody knows that there is bad debt and good debt. This article provides a few example to show how to fully use all your credit opportunities to your advantage.
• KCLau presents How not to Spend that Money? posted at KCLau’s Money Tips. This is a great article on how to prevent spending unnecessary money. Also 3 methods on how to do so.
• Silicon Valley Blogger presents Amazon Prime Review: 5 Reasons To Try It Out If You Shop Online posted at The Digerati Life. An online shopping deal worth looking into.

Frugality & Saving Money:

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus

• Faron Benoit presents 23 Point Financial Checklist posted at Financial Learn.
• Destiny@freebeezndealz presents How you can get more free make-up samples than you can handle. posted at Freebeez and Dealz.
• Roshawn Watson presents Meet the Boring Young Millionaires posted at Watson Inc. One of the most common characteristics of the wealthy is that they live far beneath their means. Okay, that may sound trite and obvious, but the reason it is so important is because other pundits claim that you merely need to increase your means. Most people focus on income so they can continue their conspicuous consumption-oriented lifestyle whereas most millionaires focus on net worth.
• Sam presents How to Control Spending | Fix My Personal Finance - Personal Finance Advice - Money Management Advice posted at Fix My Personal Finance - Personal Finance Advice - Money Management Advice. A nice article on how to save money.
• Cathy Sykes presents A Matter of Habit posted at MoneyToSpare.net. A news story on kidneys vs cola results in an article about bad habits of every kind, including financial. Cathy Sykes at MoneyToSpare.net provides some insight on how to replace any bad habit with positive action.
• NtJS presents Lunch Out vs. The Brown Bag posted at not the jet set. “Hey, I notice that you bring your lunch a lot” Yeah, you could say that.
• Lindsay Aiken presents Easy Entertainment posted at Where You Are Now.
• Aryn presents Six Products Not to Buy Generic posted at Sound Money Matters. Sometimes it’s worth it to spend a little more.
• fwp presents trimming down expenses with two wheels » the financial wellness project » because money doesn’t own you — YOU own money! posted at the financial wellness project.
• The Smarter Wallet presents Ways To Save on Seasonal Purchases: Time To Shop For Halloween! posted at The Smarter Wallet.
• Joe Manausa presents The Sign Is Up - Is Your Home Sold? posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog. During the booming real estate market of 2004-2006, it seemed all a homeowner had to do to sell a home was put a sign in the yard and then start evaluating offers. This is not so much the case anymore, we are back to a “normal” real estate market, where buyers are drawn to value.
• Amy presents Carpool Your Way to Hapiness posted at My Daily Dollars.
• MoneyNing presents Living on $34.01 a Week posted at Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning. Living frugally is definitely possible!
• Tanesha Morgan presents Jet Blue’s $7 Dollar Pillow Fee posted at Personal Finance Analyst.
• Karen presents Being frugal doesn?t mean giving up the hobbies you love posted at Living Well on Less. With a little creativity, you can continue to pursue the hobbies you love without busting your budget.
• nickel presents Using Skype to Save on Long Distance posted at fivecentnickel.com.
• Grey presents Create a No-Spend Diary and Boost Your Savings posted at Frugal Fu.
• LAL presents Trading Up? posted at LivingAlmostLarge.
• RC presents The Office Football Pool- A Waste of Money or Harmless Fun? posted at Think Your Way to Wealth.A look at both sides of the office football pool, a staple during the football season in many offices around the country.

Debt & Credit:

Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. ~Elizabeth Bowen

• Bankruptcy Access presents Chapter 7 posted at BankruptcyAccess.com.
• Jim presents 5 Affluent Banking Credit Cards You Can’t Afford posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
• MBB presents 0% Balance Transfer Credit Cards posted at My Personal Finance Blog.
• Card Blogger presents Best Credit Cards posted at My Credit Card Blog.
• Mr Credit Card presents Can Your Spouse Hurt Your Credit Score? The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly posted at Ask Mr Credit Card.
• Sun presents Authorized Users Will Be Allowed in FICO Score Calculation posted at The Sun’s Financial Diary.
• Madison presents $25 Sign Up Bonus From Costco and American Express posted at My Dollar Plan.
• CreditAddict presents WaMu Online CD Offer for 0% Balance Transfer Arbitrage posted at Credit Card Addict.
• Ace Elliott presents Avoid Bankruptcy posted at CareOne Credit. Are you considering filing for bankruptcy? CareOne Credit provides info on the types of bankruptcy you can file for, the process, alternatives and more. Start repairing your credit today.

Investing:

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace, As I have seen in one autumnal face. ~John Donne

• Dividends4Life presents Are You Creating Your Greatest Missed Opportunity? posted at Dividends 4 Life. At some point in the future will we look back on our actions today and refer to them as our greatest missed opportunity? By most measures, many blue-chip stocks are trading at a historical discount. Are you going to buy now or pay full-price or a premium price later?
• FMF presents The Three Keys to Warren Buffett’s Success posted at Free Money Finance. Buffett’s wisdom discussed.
• Todd presents Investors Tend To Do What Is Easy posted at HarvestingDollars.
• Sam presents Choosing a Stockbroker posted at Fix My Personal Finance - Personal Finance Advice - Money Management Advice. A nice article on how to choose a stockbroker.

Income:

A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known Autumn too long. ~E.E. Cummings

• Jackson Mack presents How To Become A Millionaire Selling Blood Plasma For Money posted at Dear Money Guy…. Neat article on how to become a millionaire selling blood plasma for money.

Insurance:

My sorrow, when she’s here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane. ~Robert Frost

• Kevin presents More Coverage, More Risk, Less Cost posted at No Debt Plan.

Economy:

Autumn asks that we prepare for the future—that we be wise in the ways of garnering and keeping. But it also asks that we learn to let go—to acknowledge the beauty of sparseness. ~Bonaro W. Overstreet

• Upside Trader presents Lehman, AIG, Merrill Lynch and the Catastrophic Ripple Effect posted at upsidetrader. If Lehman does actually just “go out of business”, I believe it will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, even though everyone already seems prepared for the worst.

Other:

By all these lovely tokens, September days are here, With summer’s best of weather, And autumn’s best of cheer. ~Author Unknown

• Jim presents WaMu Review: Free Checking & Online Savings Account posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
• WordPress Hacker presents Auto Create Navigation Tabs for New WordPress Pages posted at WordPress Hacker. This article explains how you can setup your blog to automatically create main navigation links/tabs when new pages are published by using custom fields to mark those pages you want to appear in the navigation menu.
• Mary presents The Rising Cost of College Textbooks posted at SimplyForties. This article examines the rising cost of college textbooks.
• PT presents FNBO Direct Review: High Interest Online Savings Account posted at Prime Time Money. A review of the FNBO Direct online savings account.
• praveen presents Don’t Be A Seminar Junkie posted at My Simple Trading System.
• J. Money presents When you overdraw your checking account does that effect credit?? posted at Budgets are Sexy.. Answering a googler’s question of overdrawing and credit scores. pretty interesting info!
• BTG presents Are You Dating A Financial Stereotype? - Ostriches and Deciders posted at Bridging The Gaap.
• The Growing Artist presents Do What You Love and Money Will Follow posted at The Growing Artist.

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