THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. PLEASE SEE MY DISCLOSURES. FOR MORE INFORMATION. When you’re living paycheck to paycheck, it’s hard to save money to get ahead. The good news is it’s not entirely impossible. By thinking outside the box and changing your habits, you can find extra money in your budget and start building … Read more
THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. PLEASE SEE MY DISCLOSURES. FOR MORE INFORMATION. When it comes to money, Dave Ramsey seems like the go-to guy for advice. After all, as his talk show and numerous best-selling books demonstrate, he’s been in the financial business a long time. But is every piece of advice from this … Read more
To get a house with a decent mortgage rate, you need a good to excellent credit score. But your biggest, most important payment — your rent — doesn’t even count. That’s an even bigger problem if your credit score doesn’t show any other key forms of credit, like a credit card or car payment. It … Read more
THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. PLEASE SEE MY DISCLOSURES. FOR MORE INFORMATION. When we think of improving our lives, we think the options will cost us well north of $100. But this isn’t always the case. In a popular forum, one person recently asked others what the best $100 they had ever spent was. … Read more
THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. PLEASE SEE MY DISCLOSURES. FOR MORE INFORMATION. Do you ever find yourself wishing that you could invest in your favorite company, only to find out they are privately held? Many others feel the same way. In a popular Internet forum, a member asked an interesting question. What privately held … Read more
For many years, the financial crisis of the late 2000s left a persistent legacy: stubbornly low interest rates on low-risk, low-reward investment vehicles. Rates on savings accounts, money market funds and government bonds remained at or below the rate of inflation basically through the 2010s, and interest rates on consumer-facing mortgages and auto loans remained … Read more
There are several businesses near me that either only take cash or highly encourage the use of cash via heavy discounts. One of them even takes pesos if that’s all you’ve got, but they prefer you don’t use credit cards. And it’s all about avoiding interchange fees. That’s because every time you swipe, tap, or … Read more
THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. PLEASE SEE MY DISCLOSURES. FOR MORE INFORMATION. Money doesn’t grow on trees, but apparently, some people tend to think it does. So keep reading as we dive into ten irresponsible and stupid things members of an online community admit to, which cost them a lot of money! From bad … Read more
THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. PLEASE SEE MY DISCLOSURES. FOR MORE INFORMATION. When it comes to credit cards, most people think they are simply a way to pay for items. Some may even talk about the dangers of credit cards and how they can ruin you financially. But you don’t hear many people talking … Read more
THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. PLEASE SEE MY DISCLOSURES. FOR MORE INFORMATION. There are a lot of professions out there that are associated with kindness and empathy. There are an equal number of professions out there that are associated with people who are the antithesis of these qualities. But what are they? Someone online … Read more