Get Out of Debt Carnival – February 3, 2010

Welcome to the first edition of the Get Out of Debt Carnival. My goal is for this to become the best blog carnival for people looking for articles on how to get out of debt. But, despite this goal, I am not going to limit it to only topics about debt reduction.

So, first of all, I would like to thank all of the contributors. I really appreciate your participation.

Now, on to the Carnival!!

Debt management

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Get Rid Of Your Debt With These Debt Defying Strategies posted at The Digerati Life.

The Smarter Wallet presents Are Debt Counseling Services The Way To Debt Relief? posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, "On debt counseling."

Jim presents What is the Average Household Credit Card Debt? posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity

Personal Finance

James Staine presents New FHA Rules! (how does this effect Portland?) posted at Oregon Mortgage Blog, saying, "Federal Housing Administration is planning to introduce new rules by increasing its cash position and lower its risk profile for about a year. This increase will affect the down payment, as the first payment amount changed by FHA would increase from 3.5% to 5% down. This increase will affect the down payment, as the first payment amount changed by FHA."

J. Money presents Who cares if you saved money by spending money?! posted at Budgets are Sexy..

Tom @ Canadian Finance Blog presents Control Your Spending With A Budget posted at Canadian Finance Blog.

Joe Manausa, MBA presents How To Subscribe To Your Favorite Real Estate Blogs posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, saying, "Most blogs are trying to get more subscribers, yet how many of them make it easy to do so? Remember, most readers are not bloggers, and they do not understand the subscription process. That is why you have to tell them all about it."

youngandthrifty presents Why isn't Generation Y saving any money? posted at youngandthrifty, saying, "Originating from a post by Studenomics, a post detailing the other possible reasons why generation Y isn't saving any money."

Tristin presents This Is Me ? I Will Become a Millionaire posted at tristinaugustus.com.

Jeff Kosola presents How to Calculate Net Worth posted at DeliverAwayDebt.

Investing

Mark presents Vanguard Short Term Bond Fund posted at Best Mutual Funds.

John presents Gold ETF Funds posted at Gold Prices Today.

Banking

Mark presents Academy Bank posted at Best CD Rates.

Mark presents Sovereign Bank Online posted at Online Banks Blog.

That concludes the first edition of the carnival. Please submit your blog article to the next edition of Get Out of Debt Carnival using the following carnival submission form.

Again, I would like to thank all of the contributors.