Kerry K. Taylor, author of 397 Ways to Save Money and creator of financial blog Squawkfox joins Tom Dziubek today to discuss her book, currently available from Amazon.ca. Kerry explains how she paid off $17,000 of debt in six months and how to make drastic life changes. She also shares some of her favorite tips from 397 Ways to Save Money.
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[00:00] Introduction from Flexo
[00:39] Interview with Kerry K. Taylor of Squawkfox
[01:33] — Paying off $17,000 of debt in six months
[03:34] — Negotiating your first salary offer
[04:47] — Maintaining a student lifestyle and standard of living
[05:57] — Using any available tax credits and saving for retirement
[08:18] — Moving to an organic farm and making other drastic life changes
[11:36] — 397 Ways to Save Money
[13:55] — How renting an apartment can make you rich
[17:00] — How management fees deplete returns from your investments
[18:07] — Other surprising tips from 397 Ways to Save Money
[19:06] — Is the recent popularity of frugality just a fad?
[25:20] End
Updated December 22, 2011 and originally published May 31, 2009. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the RSS feed or receive daily emails. Follow @flexo on Twitter and visit our Facebook page for more updates.
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Luke Landes founded Consumerism Commentary in 2003 and has been building online communities since 1990. Luke, also known as Flexo, has contributed to PC World Magazine, US News, Forbes, and other publications. 
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Really enjoyed last week’s podcast — looking forward to another great one this week!
I really enjoyed listening to this podcast. Good info and great presentation.
Hey Guys! Thank you so much for an amazing interview and discussion on frugality! I finally mustered up the courage to listen and I loved doing this show. Thank you so much! Kerry
Kerry: Thank you very much!
Some good tips, but her opening points were somewhat alienating to me. When I graduated from college, $17,000 was more than half of my first year’s salary and my salary was non-negotiable (I’m a teacher). So her “tips for anyone” really aren’t.