Why I Ditched The Personal Finance Gurus

by Melanie

The personal finance world is chock full of helpful advice, money tips and a ton of expert knowledge. Much of this knowledge comes from bloggers and what I call personal finance deities. If you have any sort of penchant for personal finance, I am sure you have heard of Dave Ramsey and Suze Orman. Both of these personal finance experts have built an empire educating people on becoming debt free, saving money and taking financial control of one’s life.

On the other end of the spectrum, bloggers like me often write experientially about these things. Most of us don’t have any fancy certifications nor would we call ourselves experts. As someone who has followed personal finance blogs for several years, I love following the journey and hearing from real people. But as I said, we are not the experts, just people with a financial story to tell.

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2 comments

Anne @ Money Propeller July 29, 2014 - 7:01 am

🙂 I take a LOT of issue with what those two have to say, I’m going to go read your opinion now!

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Brandy July 30, 2014 - 7:15 pm

I loved this article. And I completely agree with you about drifting toward personal finance blogs over experts. Although, I do listen to Dave Ramsey’s radio show and watch Suze Orman’s TV show, I find that bloggers are more relatable. However, I do respect that Dave Ramsey has been at the bottom so he can speak from experience. I do feel that you have to have balance between the two.

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