Author name: Joan

The Taxes Are Paid: Joan’s Mid-April Financial Update

[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Joan Concilio, Man Vs. Debt community manager. Read more about Joan. Back in February, I shared that we needed to pay the IRS $7,104 by April 15. Last month, I said that it looked like we were well on track. Well, break out the party hats… We wrote the check April …

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Our Family Bookstore: From Amazon to Antique Mall

[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Joan Concilio, Man Vs. Debt community manager. Read more about Joan. If you’ve followed our family’s story here on Man Vs. Debt for a while, you might know that we have a fairly decent long-term side hustle selling used books and ephemera (old magazines and papers). Since 2005, we’ve sold …

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My “Deprived” Son: What I’ve Learned So Far Raising a (Mostly) Plastic-Free Kid on a Budget

[share_sc] The most oft-recited “nugget” about kids, besides that they don’t let you sleep, is that they’re expensive. Calculators exist so you can estimate how much money you’re going to spend on them in a given year. (Oddly, most of these calculators don’t include health insurance which is, so far, the only thing we’ve spent …

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Luther’s Success Story: Selling $6,000 in Crap and Taking One Backpack to South America

[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Joan Concilio, Man Vs. Debt community manager. Read more about Joan. Can you imagine getting rid of everything you own except for what fits in one backpack, and making $6,000 selling stuff you no longer need on eBay? For Luther Cale, selling his crap became the key that would open …

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It’s Amazing What You Can Do When You Hustle: Joan’s Mid-March Financial Update

[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Joan Concilio, Man Vs. Debt community manager. Read more about Joan. Remember how I said last month that we needed to come up with $7,104 for the IRS before April 15? And remember how I said I wasn’t going to take on new debt to do it – and, in fact, …

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