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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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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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Are 401(k) and 529 Plans a Good Idea When You’re In Debt?

[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Joan Concilio, Man Vs. Debt community manager. Read more about Joan. As part of our quest to come up with $7,100 for the IRS before April 15, my husband and I decided to cash out a 529 account we’d set up for our daughter’s education expenses. We pulled $2,500 out of …

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