2009 Free From Broke Review

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Every year I say around this time but it’s always the same – I can’t believe the year has ended already! This has truly been an interesting year for us. We put our co-op on the market, introduced a beautiful little girl to the world, sold our co-op in a down economy, I went on the FMLA to take care of the kids, I went back to school (again), we moved, I became a full-time stay at home dad, it’s been busy to say the least! I can only imagine what will come in 2010.

Free From Broke grew by leaps and bounds as well! Thank you all who stop by, read the articles, and leave comments. Without you guys, this site is no fun!

Here are the most popular articles on Free From Broke in 2009:

25 Traits Of The Not So Well To Do This was a fun one to write and by far the most popular, getting picked up by lots of other sites. This article has over 100 comments on it and seems to really polarize readers one way or another!

Obama 2009 Economic Stimulus Plan – It’s Gonna Be Big! The economic stimulus was on many people’s minds this year. What a crazy time for the economy this has been.

Do We Have To Pay Back Economic Stimulus Checks? Many wanted to know what happens after we get our stimulus checks. The money has to come from somewhere?

A High Yield Online Savings Account Is Great For Savings Having an online savings account was one of the best personal finance moves I’ve made!

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Tax Confusion About Paying The Economic Stimulus Back Come tax time last April there was a lot of confusion about the economic stimulus and whether it had to be paid back.

Free Or Low Cost In NYC Written in 2008, this still gets lots of readers looking for frugal things to do in the Big Apple!

7 Ways to Get Rich Quick People always want to know if there’s an easy way to get rich. Here’s a hard truth – there isn’t!

Use First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit For Your Down Payment As part of the economic stimulus, the first-time home buyer tax credit helped spur home sales for new buyers. We’ll see what happens when the credits expire after April 2010!

Google Calendar Can Help You Pay Your Bills On Time I’ve had too many close calls with almost missing due dates for bills. I started using Google Calendar to set up due dates and reminders and so far it’s really helped!

US Savings Rate Finally Turning Upward For too long the savings rate in the US was negative. No wonder our country is in debt, huh? But with the bad economy came changes in spending habits and the savings rate finally moved positive again.