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When You Should Use Your Credit Card And When You Should Avoid It
Credit cards are often a necessary evil. We need them for various reasons, including the fact that many things in life are not possible without a credit card. For example, if you need to rent a car, you need a credit card. Sure, you can do it with a debit card, but the funds the […] More
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20 Kids Birthday Party Ideas To Save Money
How To Save Money On A Kids Birthday Party Children are the center of every parent’s universe. The cute little humans bring some much joy and love that you want to do everything in your power to keep them happy at all costs. And this includes throwing them the best party they have ever seen. […] More
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Is Credit Karma A Scam?
Credit score is very important for many things in this day and age, as you need it to purchase a car, to buy and finance a home and even to open your own business. In fact, it’s one of the most important components of a consumer’s financial profile. It’s important to know your credit history as […] More
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Ten Ways To Lower Your Bills In Ten Minutes
No one enjoys paying bills, but for many people life seems to revolve around working to, well, live with some degree of comfort. Unfortunately, most of the people in this category do not realize that they could spend less on expenses and, consequently, save some more and get to enjoy more of life’s pleasures. All […] More
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How To Eat Healthier And Save Money
Pride; it’s what I’m feeling right now after making it to the supermarket only one time this week and not a time since. So it’s only Wednesday, but I haven’t been to Publix since Sunday, which is huge news. It was $375 worth of groceries to get us through to Friday, but I actually managed […] More
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Putting Any of These Things On Your Credit Card is A Huge Financial Mistake
“I couldn’t afford it, so I just put it on my credit card,” is the comment I just read on a social media post after someone I am acquainted with posted a photo of a new pair of fab shoes she just bought. Someone commented on the photo with a snarky comment about how […] More
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How to Deal With a Credit Report Error
No one is perfect; sorry guys, not even me (written with a massive laugh and eye roll, because I am so far from perfect!). We all have our flaws. We all make mistakes. Just the other day I made about 78 mistakes in the span of an hour in the eyes of my 4-year-old. It’s […] More
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Money Skills We Need to Teach Our Kids Right Now
One of the biggest issues in life is second grade math. No, hear me out; it is a problem. Second grade math is so complicated that educated, grown adults cannot even understand the instructions or the problems themselves without an email to the teacher, who then tells you that you’re one of every single parent […] More
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The Best Financial Conversations for Newly Engaged Couples to Have
Fall might not officially arrive until sometime later in the month, but it arrives in my house September 1. It’s college football season, it’s fall, it’s my birth month; it is the first day of the best four months of the year, and the moments I enjoy more than any other. Dare I say I […] More
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How To Improve Your Credit Card Score Without Having a Credit Card
How To Improve Your Credit Score! Despite what you might have been led to believe, you do not need a credit card to build your credit. There are plenty of people that have great credit scores and no cards. But be warned that it’s not always as easy to get credit without a card. You […] More
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in Retirement10 Ways to Put Your Pension to Work
No one wants to hear you complain about putting your pension to work for you. Really; it’s like complaining that someone accidentally got dirt on the floor of your brand new Lamborghini because she did not wipe off the bottom of her 6-inch diamond-studded Christian Louboutin heels when you went to George Clooney’s house for […] More
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Student Loans and Your Credit: What You Need to Know
Student loans are wonderful assets for those who want to go to college and further their education, get ahead in life and make for a brighter future. But they are also deadly to those who cannot afford them. It’s a way you can afford to go to college when you cannot otherwise afford to go […] More
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