Spring Update

Hey All,

Just wanted to chime in and said I'm giving myself a spring makeover. This website should get a brand new look in the next couple weeks, and with that, I plan to start making more regular updates - probably with more of a real estate and marketing slant than a personal finance angle.

I've also joined forces with a great new tech-start up called NabeWise that provides great real estate information that I just love. It's a user-generated neighborhood ranking website and it answers the question, "What is the best neighborhood for me?" A perfect tool now for people who are moving to New York City or moving to San Francisco, and the we'll be adding more cities to it soon. (Boston should be next in the pipeline.)

Check it out and give me your feedback, it's only a month old and we can't wait to get things moving with it.

Lastly, you can follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/alancorey. I'd love it hear from you.

Yes, I'm alive

Ok, sorry - things have been hectic. I'll give a quick overview of why I been M.I.A.

1) Got married and had the most awesome Costa Rican wedding
2) Completely gut renovated my house (year and half long process)
3) Been pitching TV show ideas out the ying-yang for a personal finance makeover TV show
4) Wrote a short passage for the Improv Everywhere book which came out today!
5) Also got a new puppy!

And well, also a million other things in-between. Life as changed a bit since my book, I'm relaxing more, travelling more, and well doing what married people do (i.e. going to bed at 10 pm.)

Future posts will also be sporadic, working on some other projects which may or may not actually materialize, but we'll see! Thanks to everyone for checking in. Now go buy that Improv Everywhere book!

CVS bargains

My buddy Matt makes money by shopping at CVS. I'm not familiar with the CVS game, but here's a great way to get started if you're looking to learn.

http://mattbillings.com/cvs/
(Click on the photo to see the story)

YouTube Book Review

A friend of mine found this on YouTube, and I like it! A YouTube book review about my book. Thanks, reviewer! And I promise if there are more, I'll gladly link to them! So go on out there and make 'em.

Thrift is a virtue

Excellent article, worth reading by everyone.

http://blogs.wsj.com/wallet/2008/11/25/what-a-bear-market-might-teach-us/

Trim your bottom, add to your bottom line

Check out an article I wrote for bankrate.com. I talk a lot about butts in it.

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/Financial_Literacy/investing_money/make_money_a1.asp?caret=115c

Whatever You Like

Keeping the bad-financial-moves-in-a-song theme going, Consumerist even introduces the Weird Al take on TI's "Whatever You Like":

http://consumerist.com/5060786/whatever-you-like-parody-coupon-clipping-is-the-new-largesse