There’s been a lot going on with the Forum, and i’d like to thank you for participating in it. The Manufactured Spend and Travel Hacking sub-forums (Level2) are thriving and I am learning new tips and tricks from the guys there.I am also trying to build more depth into the Personal Finance side and encourage […]
Archives for June 2014
Acorn Money – not a review
I’m the kinda guy that signs up for shit these days. There are opportunities that emerge in Beta that make me a lot of money, I am happy to be the guinea pig in exchange for credit card points. Acorn Money App just emailed me to say I made the cut – there was a […]
HELP – I think I’m having an identity crisis…
I thought back recently to a comment made by Mr Travel Summary, he was running a Travel Blogger Awards and I joked that I should be in there, his reply was that Saverocity isn’t really a Travel Blog, so it didn’t count.I have to say I’m starting to agree with him, and wonder what Saverocity […]
$10K (non) Manufactured Spend in a click
So my pretties…. would you like to slam $10K on your credit card in a single click? I have just the thing. Loyal3 is an online stock purchasing program that allows you to purchase stocks with a credit card. And they are allowing $10K purchases on their latest bargain…the GoPro IPO. Loyal3 allows customers to […]
Please don’t get into debt to manufacture spend!
My pal over at Chasing The Points has come up with a yet another crazy scheme for riches. Read the post here if you haven’t already: Jumping Into Debt To Manufacture Spend And Invest. We’ve met in NY a couple of times to talk blog, travel, finance, etc and I think he is one of the […]
On Bamboo
You’ll have to excuse a slightly erratic posting schedule. We left our home in Brooklyn yesterday morning at 7:30am, and we became parents before 9am. That was quite the car ride, let me tell you. It’s a busy week, we were also supposed to vacate said home at 10am yesterday having sold the property, but […]
How much would you pay for Lifetime Star Alliance Gold?
I had a rather lengthy conversation with Gary Leff regarding his post on the $1700 flight deal over this weekend, my gentle commentary brought out some very good opinions in favor of buying the deal, along with some very strange people in opposition to my perspective, or perhaps just my existence…but anyway, yes I can see […]
Do you think a $1700 Flight is a great deal? Really?
Twitter is going Bananas! I even posted a link to this flight deal in The Forum… gotta keep the readers happy don’t you know? But I also wrote today about the bigger picture… F.I.R.E.!! Financial Independence, I shared some details on how I made money, not to brag, but to open up about the value […]
Does Manufactured Spending Encourage Debt?
This is a behavioral post. I love to reflect upon my decisions when it comes to money, particularly my bad ones. I see something arising that could be a problem when it comes to manufacturing spend and controlling your personal finances.In college I wracked up some credit card debt, just poor decision making on my […]
Lazy Money – what’s in Your wallet?
Every now and then I catch myself opening my wallet and having way too much cash in it… it gets me to thinking about how efficiently we are using our money, and what difference we could see from holding it vs putting it to work. Having pondered this for some time I have gone through […]