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    How One Man Negotiated Half the Typical San Francisco Rent

    When it comes to saving money, it seems that everyone has a great story of their own. However, I’m pretty positive that no one has a better story than Davis Nguyen. In a city where the average rental payment is approximately $3,500 per month (higher than the national average), he managed to score a $2,500 […] More

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    Making an App in 7 Easy Steps And For Less Than $200

    There’s an app for that; actually, there is not an app for this. Does this mean we’ve found the one thing that there is not an app for? Should we write this down somewhere on a calendar to mark the day we broke app history? Or should we make an app for that? I digress […] More

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    Personal Finance Books You Can Get for Less Than $1 on Amazon

    If there is one thing that’s always worth purchasing used, it’s a book. After all, it’s always the same; yet a used book is so much better. There is nothing more comforting or refreshing than the feel of gently used pages and a book that’s been loved. Its pages are softer, more pliable, and it’s […] More

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    10 Smart Ways to Invest or Spend $10,000

    The winning powerball numbers were announced, and it wasn’t us (I didn’t play, so I admit I had no chance to begin with). So we are not all $1.5 billion richer, and that’s too bad. I had a few nice ideas in mind to use $1.5 billion for – because I was miraculously going to […] More

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    How to Find Out if Rite Aid Owes You $50

    Speaking of class action settlements, did you know that one of the companies you work with most might actually owe you money? Oh, we weren’t speaking of class action settlements? I know it’s not a brilliantly witty, amusing or even interesting topic of conversation (unless we’re talking Erin Brockovich, of course) but it’s reality and […] More

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    Five Fun Ways to Use 50,000 Ultimate Rewards Points

    Earning enough rewards points to take a long vacation or earn a free flight almost anywhere you want to go is a pretty good deal. In fact, it’s why so many people choose to take advantage of reward programs, mileage clubs, and the like. What if I told you that it is far easier to […] More

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    10 Steps to Taking Control of Your Mortgage Debt

    Mortgage debt is probably the biggest debt you have; hopefully. My first mortgage came when I was 20 – though we technically didn’t have it until I was 21. My husband and I were engaged to be married the following year and we decided to build our starter home. It was a small, adorable little […] More

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