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What encouraged you to start Rich Credit Debt Loan?

I started RCDL because many personal finance sites vilified debt. It’s not that debt is bad. Debt can be a very good thing. You can build wealth through debt. It is how most people get into debt that’s the problem. Going into debt for a good investment [...]

What influenced you to start Phantasmix?

I started a blog in 2004. Initially I wrote about health and personal care, but in 2005 I became interested in stocks and in 2007 decided to change the blog’s focus to trading, investing and frugality.

What is your favorite financial topic to blog about?

Hands down, stocks and options but like [...]

What encouraged you to start Money Help for Christians?

About a year and a half ago I listened to a Crown Financial Ministries radio show interview with the author of Free Money Finance. I immediately started following that blog. After about six months of reading the blog I decided to start MH4C. My [...]

What encouraged you to start the Military Finance Network?

When I was in the military I noticed that many troops, especially the younger troops, didn’t have much money management experience. On top of that, the military has dozens of special programs and benefits, which many troops didn’t know about. Personal finance and money management have always [...]

Does blogging about your financial ideas, bumps in the road, and experiences help out in a better understanding of finances?

Definitely. Before I started blogging about money and life for Her Every Cent Counts, I was afraid of personal finance. In posting about my experiences with money – both good and bad – I hope to [...]

What influenced you to start writing 7million7years?

I started out $30k in debt and made $7 million in 7 years, but the road was bumpy and I found that I had to learn most of the hard financial lessons myself. I started my blog so that others wouldn’t make the same mistakes that I did.

What encouraged [...]

What influenced you to start Buck$ome Boomer’s Journey to Retirement?

When taking Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University course at my church in spring 2009 I started searching for more information and found personal finance blogs. Although overwhelmed with the vast amount of information and insight available I noticed there was a lack of mid-life women [...]

How has Free from Broke influenced you financially?

One major thing running Free From Broke has been that it keeps me accountable for my actions! I write about ways to deal with your personal finances and to save money so I feel compelled to follow my own advice. It makes me think twice about my purchases [...]

What influenced you to start Cheap Cheetah?

My Co worker at my job saw that I was very conservative with my money. And she named me Cheap Cheetah. I liked the name and when my other coworkers stated coming to me for saving money advice the name just stuck and me and that why I started [...]

What encouraged you to start Out of Debt Again?

I’d had a personal blog for a couple of years, and I’d been reading personal finance blogs since we had accrued some credit card debt. The very first blogs I remember reading were Millionaire Mommy, Frugal Babe and Paid Twice. I didn’t think our debt was [...]