TGIF! It’s the “top 10″ edition of your weekly roundup. It was a big week for top 10 lists, 4 ways to do this, 23 ways to do that. We cover it all here with the most interesting articles and blog posts about your home, money, credit and life straight from the Quizzle Twitter page:

Home & Money Saving Tips

11 Ways to Spice up Your Emergency Fund (Get Rich Slowly)

It’s not always easy to stock away for a rainy day when today’s expenses are constantly piling up. Adam at Get Rich Slowly gives us 11 great tips that might just make you think differently about saving for an emergency.

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55 Money Saving Tips (Your Wallet Will Thank You) (Quizzle Blog)

The Quizzle Team put our brains together for this one: 55 of our best money saving tips whether you’re strapped for cash or could just stand to tighten up the budget a bit.

4 Ways to Save for Your Kids College Fund (Good Financial Cents)

There are lots of college savings options out there and it can be tough to navigate through the choices. Jeff at Good Financial Cents (a Certified Financial Planner, no less) explains four basic ways to save for college.

Personal Finance & Budgeting

23 Powerful Tips and Tools to Eliminate Debt (Dough Roller)

How to get out of debt: Step 1, stop contributing to the debt. Step 2, spend less than you make. Step 3, pay off debt. Simple, right? Wrong. While those three steps will help you eliminate debt, they’re overly simplistic and provide no real instruction. Dough Roller understands this and instead, provides 23 concrete ways to help you eliminate your debt.

Real Estate & Home Value

5 Reasons to Buy a Home Now (Kiplinger)

Think of it this way: Right now, you’re in possession of a big, fat coupon for a home. That’s right, a home. Homes are on sale, but the deals won’t last forever! Kiplinger gives us the low-down on why you need to buy a home NOW!

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