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Is Credit Karma Accurate? I Tested It & Here’s What I Learned

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Is it giving you the same kind of numbers your potential lenders will see whenever you try to apply for a loan? “Regardless of what our national credit rating is, people will always want a roof over their heads, food on their tables, fuel for their cars, and clothes on their backs.” The post Is Credit Karma Accurate?

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Let me give you the full story: I have been dating Miss Blinkin for approximately 1 year and 4 months. Without giving too much information, I foresee an engagement in the coming months. Identity theft sometimes entails a loss of your money, but whether or not you lose money, it can take a very large amount of your time to rectify.”

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It’s modeled much like Michael Pollans Food Rules with many one-page rules that give short but useful tidbits of information. But this is not the same as not “being skilled. We all have skills. The key is to finding out what they are, then determining which are marketable! Insurance and Risk.

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