Real Estate Law Help – What to Do When You’re Facing Eviction
Published on Feb 25 2013 // Finance 101, Legal, Real Estate
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How to Figure Out Your Mortgage Payments
Published on Feb 11 2013 // Finance 101, Home Insurance, Housing Market, Insurance, Mortgage
Filing for Bankruptcy in Retirement – What You Should Know
Published on Oct 08 2012 // Debt, Finance 101, Finance Life Stages, Retirement
Retirement Planning – What Being “Vested” Means
Published on Aug 27 2012 // Finance 101, Retirement
One of the nice perks many employers offer is a match to your own retirement contributions. An employer match can be a powerful tool to help you grow your retirement savings more quickly. However, to encourage employee longevity, many employers do not let the employee access the money the employer...
Filing for Bankruptcy – How Retirement Accounts Are Affected
Published on Aug 13 2012 // Finance 101, Personal Finance, Retirement
So You’re Debt-Free, Now What?
Published on Aug 02 2012 // Debt, Featured, Finance 101, How To Guide, Kids and College, Personal Finance, Popular, Retirement, Savings
The Biggest Dilemmas to Overcome When Making a Budget
Published on Jul 30 2012 // Finance 101, Personal Finance
Mention budget to most people, and they cringe or explain how much they h-a-t-e! budgeting. Those people who realize having a budget is important may take the time to create a budget, but then they don’t follow it and continue to spend freely. At the end of the month, they still aren’t sure where...
How to Make a Financial Plan and Stick to It
Published on Jul 21 2012 // Finance 101, Finance Life Stages, Supporter
Does your money seem to just slip right through your fingers?
If so, you are not alone. Between the economy and the high cost of goods as well as our consumer driven American culture, getting ahead financially can seem difficult.
However, the best way to grow your wealth is to make a financial plan...
Budgeting in Today’s Economy
Published on Jul 06 2012 // Finance 101, How To Guide, Personal Finance
While the U.S. economy is slowly improving, there have been concerns that we may see another recession fueled by the economic instability in Europe. Now is not the time to relax budgeting skills you may have implemented during the most recent recession. Instead, now is the time to carefully evaluate...
Top 10 Frugal Tips – Part One
Published on Jun 18 2012 // Finance 101
Two of the best ways to get ahead financially are to earn more and to spend less. If you are looking to spend less and to embrace frugality, there are 10 tips that will help you keep more money in your pocket to grow your wealth. These strategies are useful for anyone, but especially if you currently...
A Review of Pear Budget: A Real Simple Budgeting Program
Published on Jun 04 2012 // Finance 101, Personal Finance, Product Reviews
One of the best ways to control your money is to keep track of your spending. There are many different software programs that will do this for you. Today we are going to look at Pear Budget, an online budgeting program. You can try it for free for 30 days; after that, it is $4.95 per month to use.
How...
How to Create a Budget When You Have Variable Income
Published on May 28 2012 // Finance 101, Personal Finance
Creating a budget may be difficult, but sticking to it is often the challenging part, especially if you have variable income. Whether you work on commission, are self-employed, are a freelancer or work in a field such as construction where you have some months where you make very little income, budgeting...
How to Transfer Money Between Banks
Published on May 08 2012 // Banking, Finance 101, Personal Finance
5 Great Ways to Stay Away from Your Savings Account
Published on May 07 2012 // Banking, Finance 101, How To Guide
If you’ve considered dipping into your savings in the past few years of economic hardship, or if you’ve actually had to do so, then by no means are you alone.
Since the onset of this recession, many American families have had to make tough decisions regarding the use of savings/emergency funds that...
How to Avoid Check Bouncing Charges
Published on Apr 30 2012 // Banking, Credit Cards, Finance 101, Personal Finance
If you write a check or pay a bill electronically from your checking account but do not have sufficient funds to cover that check, you will be charged a non-sufficient funds (NSF) fee which often ranges from $20 to $30, depending on your bank or credit union. In addition, the person you gave the bounced...
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