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GenX Finance offers How to Tell if You Have a Bad 401k Plan.

Rich Credit Debt Loan tells you How to Keep Cash Flow Coming In.

LazyMan covered a recently reemerged story in Extreme Foreclosure!.

The Digerati Life laments Lost Money: How Money Drains Add Up To $175,000 In 10 Years.

Cash Money Life discusses the need to Get It In Writing.

Brip blap has a desperate addiction – political news is a disease.

Mrs. Micah is discussing The Logistics of Snowflaking Extra Payments

Prosper Facebook Application Reaches 5,000 Users

A rare solar eclipse was caught on camera from Siberia…

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RateLadder is a Prosper lender and has been since July, 2006. He has a passion for p2p lending. He owns RateLadder — My Prosper.com Journey and other P2P Lending Adventures, P2P No Bank the P2P Blog Aggregate, and ProProsper — Professional Tools for Prosper Lenders featuring SQL access to Prosper data.

The personal finance blogosphere was packed with great articles this week… Here are a few of our favorites…

GenX Finance details the Top 12 Money Mistakes Most People Make and special congratulations to GenX Finance for being named by PC Magazine to the Top 15 Websites for Managing (and Saving) Money
 
RateLadder updates 1 Month Late or Worse Curves

LazyMan explains How to Save on Gas (35 Tips Inside)

Cash Money life had a series on the first 4 steps to becoming a millionaire…
1. Earn Money
2. Spend Less Than You Earn
3. Save Money
4. Invest

brip blap examines The Difference Between the Big Picture and the Little Picture

The Digerati Life and Basic Business Advice from an Accidental Entrepreneur

The Writer’s Coin is Using Sports to Understand Investing Numbers

The New York Times and Danger Lurks When Shopping for Student Loans

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While this will not guarantee that you will be included it will certainly get my attention… The blogs featured here already have my attention. Will you be next?

RateLadder is a Prosper lender and has been since July, 2006. He has a passion for p2p lending. He owns RateLadder — My Prosper.com Journey and other P2P Lending Adventures, P2P No Bank the P2P Blog Aggregate, and ProProsper — Professional Tools for Prosper Lenders featuring SQL access to Prosper data.

This week has been interesting to say the least…  I am very much looking to see what the future will hold.  I hope you had a great week as well…

Financial Blogosphere…

Loan Chimp thinks Portfolio Plans are Growing Up

Lending Stats blog on Privatizing risk, socializing losses

Cash Money Life offers this guide on How to Become A Millionaire

Rich Credit Debt Loan reviews the phenomenal book by chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin: The Art of Learning (He was the boy on which the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fisher were based.)

Practically, The Digerati Life offers 15 Fire Safety Tips To Protect Your Home

brip blap says that work-life balance is a false choice

Lazy Man and Money reviewed Free Credit Scores from Credit Karma

Living Off Dividends says Help! I’m Losing My Home To Foreclosure (on his landlord)

Wealth Boy explores Why Drilling Offshore is a Bad Idea

Fishing Blogs

The weather outside is beautiful why are you indoors? 

You should be out fishing like I am a Bass Fisherman… maybe even catch a whopper (or simply relive a past catch) and get paid for your fish story.  Shanan Rosenberg entered the Russian River Steelhead…

 

Golf Blogs

Maybe golf is your thing. Average Golfer, like the rest of the golf blogs, is talking about the phenomenal Greg Norman and Padraig Harrington in Harrington Filets Shark.  Before heading out for a competitive round be sure to follow these 3 Tips for Getting Mentally Prepared to Play Golf.

Fitness and Health Blogs

Perhaps you are into fitness and exercise. Fit Bloggers has it covered, whether the 100 push up challenge or actually doing the 100 push ups.  If you can’t get into the gym here are 8 Easy Ways to Exercise Throughout the Day. For a little humor check out Decrease your Likelihood of Being Hit By a Meteor.

DIY Blog

If all forms of leisure fail, you can always rely on DIY projects…  Here are a few from the Handy Man: Installing Walkway Pavers, How to Make a Mosaic Tile Countertop, or even simply Choosing a New Flooring.

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While this will not guarantee that you will be included it will certainly get my attention… The blogs featured here already have my attention. Will you be next?

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RateLadder is a Prosper lender and has been since July, 2006. He has a passion for p2p lending. He owns RateLadder — My Prosper.com Journey and other P2P Lending Adventures, P2P No Bank the P2P Blog Aggregate, and ProProsper — Professional Tools for Prosper Lenders featuring SQL access to Prosper data.

It seems that most of California is on fire. While the smoke in my part of the Bay area has subsided some what, several friends from other parts of the state have reported very poor air quality. 

We appreciate all the hard work put in by the firefighters and their support.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to all affected by the fire.

For this week roundup I thought I might focus on wealth building…

The Digerati Life had a post Remodel Your Bathroom! Try 3 New Ideas To Freshen Up Your Bathroom.  Remodelling your bathroom can add significant value to your home.

Lazy Man and Money features Credit Cards as a Money Tool and following up on that theme Finance Puzzle says Credit Card Reward Points adds to my net worth.

Cash Money Life had The Remarkable Approach To Your Finances

Rich Credit Debt Loan offers 4 Ideas to Create Multiple Income Streams Online (including p2p lending as one of the ideas)

brip blap has 4 steps to building wealth quick (and he doesn’t belive in capitalization

Dough Roller asks Do you change your investment strategy in a falling market?

And finally for your entertainment…

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I had the pleasure of attending a 4th of July celebration in Sonoma, CA. The town pulls out all the stops to put on an old fashioned 4th of July celebration. From the parade, to the carnival in the town square, to the fire department sponsored fireworks everything was incredible… I hope everyone’s 4th of July celebration was festive and safe.

Here are some of my favorite posts from around the blogosphere…

Personal Loan Portfolio hosted the 10th Edition of the Carnival of Peer-to-peer Lending. Here are my favorite articles of the carnival that have not already been highlighted in a previous roundup…

• A Borrower’s Guide to Using Prosper by Earthlier Happy is the Rose Distilled
• P2P Lending/Borrowing on Prosper.com

The Digerati Life says she is Proud To Be An American Says This First Generation Immigrant

Rich Credit Debt Loan shows 4 Easy Ways to Raise Your Credit Score

Lazy Man had these Budget Fourth of July Activities

Cash Money Life offers The Other America - Commentary on Food Stamps and the Economy

My Two Dollars hosted a post concerning The Difference $10 A Day Makes.

And given the need for safety this weekend and to provide at least a little humor (see the picture on the post). SFBoater presents Boat Trailer Safety — Always use Backstraps

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While this will not guarantee that you will be included it will certainly get my attention… The blogs featured here already have my attention. Will you be next?

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RateLadder is a Prosper lender and has been since July, 2006. He has a passion for p2p lending. He owns RateLadder — My Prosper.com Journey and other P2P Lending Adventures, P2P No Bank the P2P Blog Aggregate, and ProProsper — Professional Tools for Prosper Lenders featuring SQL access to Prosper data.