MrDD

Author's details

Name: Justin
Date registered: January 15, 2017
URL: http://www.doublingdollars.com

Biography

I am a husband and father of two who has been working towards financial independence on an average US income. I started doublingdollars.com in January of 2017 to chronicle the journey.

Latest posts

  1. How to Get College Credits For Cheap – or FREE! — February 22, 2019
  2. Honey Review 2019 – “Use Honey, Save Money” — January 3, 2019
  3. The Killer Commute — December 12, 2018
  4. Frugal 2018 Cyber Monday Deals — November 26, 2018
  5. 7 Costs That You Need To Budget For When You Have a Child — November 26, 2018

Most commented posts

  1. How I Ate All Week For Just $13.34 By Living On a Food Stamp Budget — 38 comments
  2. I’ve Made $25,000 Posting on Steemit.com – So Can You! — 25 comments
  3. What’s The Most Cheapskate Thing You’ve Ever Done? — 22 comments
  4. 3rd Quarter Net Worth Increase [+$19,096] — 20 comments
  5. Dividend Income Extravaganza – September 2017 — 20 comments

Author's posts listings

Doubling Dollars? Not This time. We Doubled Something Else.

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Wow! What a weekend it has been. I had one of those days. Or really, both days this past weekend. Saturday morning I woke up early and went garage and flea market hunting with my father in law. We got back home around 1 pm. Just before the event that only happens a few times …

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$200,000 In Student Loan Debt And No Degree

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Debt, Personal Finance

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I am a fan of Dave Ramsey, even if I don’t agree with every single thing he says. Still, I think he mostly has simple and solid advice. I like to watch the clip or two he posts on his YouTube Channel every day. The other day he had this one lady on that absolutely …

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Why You Need To Stop Consuming The News

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I remember one thing that the economic collapse of 2008-09 did to me. No, I didn’t lose my job or house or anything like that. It caused me to seek answers. I started to dig into the whole system. Why are they giving billions of dollars to the same people whose actions caused them to …

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How Much Car Can You Afford? It Is Probably Much Less Than You Are Thinking.

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Consumerism, Deal, Debt, Personal Finance, Wealth

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  Nowadays most people looking to buy a car only ask the car salesperson “How much down and how much per month?” They want to have it now and pay for it later. Plus interest. (I hate paying interest.) These people hardly ever think about how much it really costs them. It is only the …

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How To Cheaply Clean Your Car Carpets To Almost New For Under $10!

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One reason people seem to get ‘car fever’ is a simple one. The car they drive is dirty. Fortunately, we can fix this rather easily; a great clean! It is amazing what a deep clean can do to make you feel good about your old car. But fighting car fever isn’t the only reason to …

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Midland High School: A Prep School That Teaches Self-Reliance By Being Close To Nature

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Hello Midland high! A school that requires students to collect firewood, grow vegetables and raise livestock, but also prepares them for ivy league colleges. At the Midland Highschool in California, a student’s life is drastically different than if they attended any normal school in the country. While the curriculum is strong and focused on college …

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This Place is a Prison! On Planet Bullcrap! In The Galaxy of This Sucks Camel Dung!

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   I don’t like it anymore, so I’m planning to leave. You can come too, if you want. Advertisers blanket us with the latest cool thing to own. If you just had this thing, everyone would look up to you and be amazed at your status. Don’t have the money? No problem! Buy now, pay …

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How My Wife And I Paid Our Monthly Mortgage Using $50… And Some Hustle

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Yes, we used a $50 investment and some hustle to turn it into over $800 this past weekend. Read on to find out what we did. When you have financial goals but not the income to match, you have to find ways to either increase your money situation or decrease your spending. The best way …

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Does Your Personality Affect Your Income and How Much You Save? I Found Out. Kinda.

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  Did you know your personality can be linked to how much you make as well as how much of that you are able to keep? Many people have taken the Myers-Briggs personality test. If you haven’t HERE is a link to take the test for free, it will only take a few minutes and …

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How To Succeed When You Aren’t The Best At Anything

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Introspection, Philosophy

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What if you are just average at things, can you still succeed? YES! The hidden key to success is why the secret sauce tastes so good. Have you ever heard that only the best people are able to succeed, leaving the rest of us to pick up their scraps if we are lucky? That since …

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