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    The Worst Mistakes You Can Make With Your Mortgage

    Buying a new home is exciting. It’s one of the most exciting things you will ever do, as well as one of the most stressful. There is nothing quite like walking into your dream home for the first time knowing that it is yours from this point forward. On the flip side, there is nothing […] More

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    This Simple Budgeting Trick Allows You to Splurge

    What we really don’t like about budgeting is the fact that it is something that makes you feel as though you cannot spend money on things you don’t need. If there is one way to guarantee that I will spend money on things I don’t necessarily need in life, it’s telling me I cannot do […] More

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    The Best Times To Use Your Rewards Credit Card

    We spend a lot of time talking to you about rewards cards and the benefit of them, yet there are still those who either don’t care enough to consider using one or those who don’t seem to understand just how valuable it is. If you’re going to book travel, hotels, airfare or even use cash […] More

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    Three Ways to Save Money on Valentine’s Day

    I am a sucker for fresh flowers. I have to have them in my home all the time. I love tulips, peonies and white roses (they look so creamy and perfect with the décor in our home). As I type, I have a bouquet of white roses on my desk, another on the table in […] More

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    Is Financing Furniture A Good Idea?

    I’ll readily admit that my husband and I buy new furniture for our home on a regular basis. We just bought a massive new sectional for our family room in September, and we refurnished three of four bedrooms, our dining room, my home office, the kids’ playroom, our front wraparound porch and our lanai just […] More

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    Dislike Your Employer? Your Story Could Be Worth $200

    You know how companies are always offering prizes and contests for those who write well and have the desire to submit essays? They’re admittedly kind of boring, and the stories are rarely all that interesting (and I say that as a writer). It’s like writing your college admissions essay; no fun and kind of nerve-inducing. […] More

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    How to Use Your Windfall in the Best Possible Manner

    Windfalls are unexpected funds that come your way. I’ve never received one of my own, but I have witnessed them happen to people I know over the course of the years. There was the family friend who impulsively bought a lottery ticket and scratched it off to see a $20,000 prize waiting for her. There […] More

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    5 Fun Ways to Have Fun Free of Charge This Weekend

    It’s weekend and that means it’s time to figure out what to do with ourselves. With four kids and a very busy social life, it’s unheard of that my husband and I have a mostly free weekend. I mean, we have a dinner party to host tonight, our kids are having a friend over to […] More

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    401(k) and Your Job Change: How to Handle That Situation

    Saving for retirement is a good idea, and it’s one that most of us take advantage of through our own personal retirement plans or through those offered by our employers. But what happens when you have decided that you no longer want to or can work for the same company any longer and you change […] More

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