From the Archives (April 13th – May 3rd)
Here are some of my favorite FiveCentNickel posts from a year ago the past three weeks:
» How to Request a Tax Filing Extension
» Getting a Refund? No Need to File on Time
» Estimated Taxes and Avoiding Underpayment Penalties
» Renovations That Can Hurt the Value of Your Home
» Don’t Be Afraid to Ask for a Discount, The Sequel
» The Cost of a Wired World
» Playing the Percentages: The Effect of Gains and Losses
» Three Ways to Make Your IRA Work Harder
And here’s what was going on two years ago:
» What’s a Piggyback Mortgage?
» IRS Error in Your Favor
» Bank Branch Finder
» Save Money, Don’t Drive Like a Maniac
» How Much Does a Million Dollars Weigh? (Revisited)
» On the (In)accuracy of Fuel Efficiency Estimates
» The Cost of Not Answering the Phone
» You Know Gas is Expensive When…
» Withdrawing Your Roth IRA Contributions
And finally, here’s what was going on three years ago:
» Got me a Safe Deposit Box
» From the Mouths of Babes: Made in China
» Reshuffle Your Retirement
» eBay, Taxes, and You
» Hotties Make the Big Bucks
» The Best Dollar(s) that I’ve Ever Spent
» Turn $1/Day into $67,815
Published on May 4th, 2008 - Leave a Comment
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About the author: Nickel is the founder and editor-in-chief of this site. He's a thirty-something family man who has been writing about personal finance since 2005, and guess what? He's on Twitter!
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