Carnival of Money Stories

Welcome to the 11th edition of Carnival of Money Stories. For this edition of the carnival, we received a total of 25 submissions in the categories such as Frugal, Money, Real estate, Credit card, and Blogging. Among the submissions, I found the following stories particularly interesting:

• A frugality cheat sheet from The Frugalist at Frugalist that contains 147 tips to live healthier, happier, greener and better
• Ellesse at Goal Setting College has 5 powerful steps to acquire a wealthy mindset
• Tushar at Life of a Resident Alien shoppes at Costco in the frugal way
• And here are the rest of the article submitted to this week’s carnival.

Frugal

• Tushar at Life of a Resident Alien as some easy ways to cut your energy bill
• Matthew Paulson at Getting Green has some inexpensive first date ideas
• Kevin Surbaugh at Becoming & Staying Debt Free lists 33 ideas for dating frugally

Money

• Silicon Valley Blogger at The Digerati Life says people only need 3 reasons to go bankrupt
• Sunny at Dandelions and Daydreams argues why broke and in debt is normal
• Michael Fowke at Money is the way has an interesting idea: Make money while you sleep
• WBL at Wealth Building Lessons tells us how to profit from inflation and dollar devaluation
• Moorea at Queercents presents sleeping with money: eating with “class”
• FIRE Finance at FIRE Finance tells the story of $100 online checking account bonus from Bank of America

Real estate

• Steve Leung at Silicon Valley Real Estate Blog tells us how home buyers and sellers get trapped in straw scams
• FMF at Free Money Finance presents The Mortgage Mess: In the Eyes of an Account Executive
• Alvaro Fernandez at Brain Fitness talks about trading psychology and trader performance

Credit card

• Colin at The Truth About Credit Cards tells you what you can do after your credit card application has been denied
• Mr Credit Card at Ask Mr Credit Card takes the American Express Platinum domestic companion ticket test

Blogging

• Edithyeung at Edith Yeung shows 53 ways to make money on the internet
• Robinson Go of Good Blog Advice offers 8 shrewd ways to optimize Google AdSense

Others

• Mbhunter at mbhunter rebuffs a travel voucher ans says “C’mon, give me something good”
• M. Butler at Personal Finance Advice gives 10 reasons to ditch his car
• Nina at Queercents asks ten money questions for Rebecca Walker
• Therapydoc at Everyone Needs Therapy presents And Another Thing: British Air and Behavior Mod

Finally, be sure to check out the next edition of Carnival of Money Stories at Getting Green on May 28, 2007.