Picture this: Your new lease ends on the same day your old one ends or, your new home is ready for occupation the same day the people who bought your home move in.
Unfortunately, things often just don't work out that way. Instead, many people find ...
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How to Convince Friends and Family Members to Lend You Money
I'll be the first person to warn you about borrowing money from family and friends, but if you really must turn to your pals and relatives for some quick cash, here are a few tips that will help you do it right and keep your relationships ...
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Why You Should Avoid Using Food Delivery Services
Over the last five years, the market revenue of food delivery apps has skyrocketed by 200%. Given the widespread appreciation for the convenience of such services, the industry's growth seems unlikely to slow down. That said, we're not here to talk ...
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True Story: What Happens When You Can’t Pay the Restaurant Bill
I didn't eat out too often as a kid, but when I did, you can bet I almost always enjoyed it.
I remember Dad always used to joke that he didn't have enough money to pay the restaurant bill. "Well, it looks like they're going to make us go into the ...
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3 Easy Ways to Minimize Your Monthly Smartphone Bill
Smartphones are ubiquitous these days, but they aren't always cheap to use. A typical plan-based contract could set you back $100 a month or even more. Plus, since many of those agreements span across years, you're stuck if it turns out you don't get ...
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4 Ways to Squeeze Extra Cash Out of a House Sale
Selling your house can be a pretty stressful thing to go through; theres so much to think about and so much to do. Sometimes, it's easy to forget that it's a transaction, and you want to make as much money from the sale as possible. When were talking ...
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5 Autumn Home Renovations That Will Save You Money
Home renovations don't have to be just for aesthetics, but they can be for making functional changes that can help you keep a budget. If you're ready to start renovating and are curious about renovations you can do to start saving money, have a look ...
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Great Ways to Find the Best Interest Rate for Your Home Loan
Mortgages can eat you alive. That's because even after identifying the home loan particulars you're looking for, you still have to find the best deal. For example, you may know that you are looking to finance $500,000 for 30 years. But how do you ...
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8 Tips on How to Love Your Life and Not Focus on the Joneses
What is the root of all evil? Some think it's greed while others believe it's envy. They often go hand-in-hand, but neither brings personal satisfaction.
To find true happiness, we must look within instead of coveting that of others. Here's ...
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How I Manage My Finances In Just 15 Minutes Every Month
I'm not afraid of hard work; I'm deathly afraid of dumb work. I hate waiting in lines, I hate doing the same thing over and over again, and I hate doing something slow if there's a faster way to go about it. The engineer in me goes absolutely ...
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Your Personal Finance Horoscope
In order to help my readers divine their nearer-term futures with respect to money and personal finance, I recently decided to try my hand at astrology.
So I studied up, bought some star charts, took some lessons and evaluated the ephemeris as ...
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Grandfather Says: What’s The Value of a Song?
Grandfather says he doesn't have much use for a lot of modern stuff, but he likes electronic keyboards.
He has a lovely Steinway grand piano in his living room; a relic of earlier times and people in his life.
But he can't play it.
A ...
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How Much Should You Pay the Babysitter?
Now that my kids are grown, I no longer have to worry about babysitters.
To be honest, the Honeybee and I rarely used babysitters at all even when the kids were younger because we were fortunate enough to have two sets of grandparents living ...
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Grandfather Says: Never Underestimate the Utility of a Trebuchet
Grandfather says he built a trebuchet.
They were used in the middle ages to fling smallpox-infected corpses over castle walls.
Grandfather used his to launch model airplanes, although some of his colleagues suggested its utility for such things ...
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6 Ways to Cut the Costs of Raising Children
Even if you do your best to be frugal and find deals, the cost of raising children isn't cheap. Infants need special equipment, such as car seats, strollers and carriers. Older children come with education costs. The US government's most recent study ...
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How to Let Your TV Bill Work for You, Not Against You
Cable or Netflix? DirecTV, or Amazon Prime? What about Hulu?
There's a lot to consider when installing a new home theater. You obviously want your theater room to be a place where you and your guests can kick back and relax, while watching the big ...
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The Financial Benefits of Living in an Apartment
While a lot of people might feel pressured to buy a home with home ownership a major milestone representing stability and the freedom of reaching adulthood to many, home ownership isn't always the right answer; in some cases it makes more sense to ...
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My 13th Annual Cost Survey of 10 Popular Brown Bag Sandwiches
I don't know about you, but my monthly grocery bill has been increasing since the start of the new year.
Meanwhile, the average cost of a school lunch this year is $3.81. For a family with two kids, that amounts to slightly less than $1400 during ...
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5 Clever Ways to Save Money on Pet Care
If you're like most pet owners, you consider your animal companions part of the family. But pet-care costs can strain a household budget -- so it's important to evaluate how we care for the animals we love without dropping our hard-earned money into ...
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Approximate Energy Costs of Your Home Appliances
Our homes today are loaded with more electronic media and electric appliances than ever before. According to data published by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), US household electricity consumption is expected to grow about 29% from now ...
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