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Here are a few of my favorite sites that help me manage my financial, physical and mental well being :)  Enjoy..

Budgeting
Mint - Great site for budgeting and tracking your monthly expenses
Debt - They provide some solid content about a range of topics: reducing debt, finding student loans, real estate transactions and retirement planning and budgeting
 
Banking
Ally – I have all my 5 year CD’s with Ally b/c of their high interest rates and low early withdrawal penalties
 
Investing
Vanguard – One of the leaders in low cost index funds 
Bogleheads Forum – Where I get a lot of my complex investing questions answered
Lending Club – I’m getting an 11% return on my money!
 
Credit
Credit Sesame - A new site that calculates your score based off your Experian credit report.
Credit Karma - Where I monitor and check my credit score for free!
Annual Credit Report – Gives you a free credit report from each of the three major bureaus once a year(3 reports total per year free)
 
Other Personal Finance Blogs
Financial Samurai - Interesting take on PF from a fellow Californian
LeightPF – Finally found someone who gets the same satisfaction out of saving as me
Modest Money – Jeremy is a cool guy who posts a lot of relevant articles and has personally helped me with my blog
Budget Blonde – Cat lives and blogs about PF from the Caribbean!
Frugal Rules – John’s site is relatively new but its grown rapidly
 
Real Estate
Redfin – What I used when looking for my first place and what I use to keep an eye on the local real estate market
 
Deals
Flyer Talk – Great site to review all the current credit card sign up bonuses and FF questions
Slick Deals - Find some great deals, tips and tricks on everything from credit card deals to toilet paper
Fat Wallet - More of the same
 
Discolsure:  Some of these are affiliate links, most aren’t though, so if you click and buy something I may get paid! :)   As always, I only recommend high quality products and services that I have personally used.