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Ben, Writer and Content Strategist for ReadyForZero.

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Blogger of the Month: Peter Anderson

Peter Anderson - Bible Money Matters

We’ve decided to nominate one blogger per month as ReadyForZero’s Blogger of the Month. There are some great personal finance bloggers out there and we’ll introduce you to our favorites. Our Blogger of the Month for May is Peter Anderson, the creator of the popular personal finance blog BibleMoneyMatters.com. He started blogging all the way back in 2008 and has been going strong since then.

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Mortgage Interest Tax Deductions You Can’t Afford to Miss

Mortgage Interest Tax Deductions

Mitchell Fox is a Tax Nerd and the Co-Founder of GoodApril, a site that provides consumers with online tax planning and tax advice services and offers a free “Tax Checkup” to help you identify actions you can take to reduce your taxes. You can follow Mitch on Twitter at @mitchellwfox or @goodapril. Your home loan is the biggest debt you will probably pay…

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How Do You Stay Motivated for Long-Term Goals?

How Do You Stay Motivated for Long-Term Goals

This blog post is a little different. I want to hear your thoughts on motivation. Because when it comes down to it, motivation is probably the most important part of getting out of debt (and accomplishing any other long-term goal, for that matter). Without that spark – that initial desire to reach the goal – the end result would never…

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Learning to Live Without Credit Cards

Living without credit cards

This is a guest post by Don Miller, who writes for CreditCardForum.com, a site where people post questions and get answers related to credit. He knows that credit cards are not appropriate for everyone and operates with that philosophy. However he still enjoys helping and advising those who use them and encourages paying in full. Living without the burden of debt…

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For Richer, For Poorer – Debt and Marriage

For Richer For Poorer - Debt and Marriage

This is a guest post by Grayson Bell, who is the owner of Debt Roundup, a personal finance blog dedicated to helping everyone get out of debt. Grayson dug himself out of $50,000 worth of credit card debt and has now started to gain positive net worth. You can also find him on Twitter. I have been married to my wonderful wife…

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Top 5 Money Saving Ideas

Money Saving Ideas 1

When I was 25 I didn’t have many money saving ideas. At that point, I was in graduate school and my best money saving idea was to not spend money at all. While that is a somewhat reasonable mentality for a 25-year old graduate student, it’s not really a practical philosophy for the long term. Thankfully, over time I’ve learned…

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How to Create a Budget

How to Create a Budget

Do you think starting a budget is hard? Do you procrastinate instead of making a budget? Have you ever ran from a room to avoid having a conversation about budgeting? If so, you have come to the right place because this is not just any blog post – this is the ultimate blog post about how to create a budget….

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Welcome to America Saves Week / Military Saves Week!

America Saves Week 2013

Our mission here at ReadyForZero is to help people pay off debt and get in control of their finances so that they can have the joy of accomplishing their dreams without being hindered by money concerns. And making a strong commitment to saving money is a big part of that. For that reason, we are excited to support the 2013…

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