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The Envelope System of Spending and Budgeting budget Sep 07, 2018

 


You make a budget every month using tools like Excel or Mint.com and have been diligently putting in all your income and expenses. Yet, you get the same result: you continue to spend more than you ...

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How For-Profit Colleges and Universities Take Advantage - Part II education student loans Aug 24, 2018

A Little Bit of History

 

For-profit institutions have been around for nearly 200 years.  The first ones were established between the years 1820 and 1850 as institutes owned and managed by wealthy i...

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How For-Profit Colleges and Universities take Advantage - Part I education student loans Aug 17, 2018

For-profit colleges and universities are educational institutions established with the main aim of profit-making or financial gain. For most of their history, they existed separately from public and t...

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Sick Pet? Don't Be an Emotional Target! pets scam Aug 10, 2018

The Pet Pay Out

 

It is no secret that Americans love their pets.  We spend more on our furry friends than any other country, by far.  It’s no surprise, then, to find out that more and more pet owne...

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Do you really need a College Degree? education Aug 03, 2018

Towards the end of the school year, high school seniors all across the country are checking and refreshing their email obsessively. We might see them rushing down the driveway whenever they hear the s...

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The Five Most Important Factors That Affect Your Credit Report & Score credit Jul 27, 2018
 
How to Obtain a Copy of your Credit Report & How to Obtain a Copy of your Credit Scores 
Credit repair can help improve your personal financial situation and help you achieve your goals. You can
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The True Cost of Eating Out eating out grocery health Jul 20, 2018

Food is one of your Big 3 Expenses (Housing, Transportation, and Food) and you should always do your best to keep the Big 3 under control.  Eating at home would save most of us a lot of money, yet we ...

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I Wouldn't Want to Clean All Those Bathrooms mindset Jul 13, 2018

 

Imagine the most spectacular house you can dream of: a mansion with multiple bedrooms and bathrooms, an enormous gourmet kitchen, a resort style pool in the backyard, and everything else you can po...

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Should I Rent or Buy? buy rent Jul 06, 2018
 

There is a saying, “Why rent when you can buy?” and various versions of this being thrown all around. This gives the impression that it is better to own rather than rent or that renting is somehow ...

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Should I Lend My Friend Money? lending money Jun 29, 2018

I thought I would post an excerpt from my report, "23 Keys to Protect, Secure, and Grow Your Family's Financial Future."  This key is in regards to lending money and I found it fitting to post because...

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The Power of Saving Automatically savings Jun 22, 2018

Saving for some is similar to trying to lose weight.  You know what you should be doing but doing it is an entirely different thing.  Right now, people know that there most likely won’t be enough Soci...

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7 Rules for First Time Investor investing Jun 15, 2018

Investing doesn’t have to be complicated or frightening.  Investing is all about putting your hard-earned money to work for you somewhere in the financial market with the goal or purpose of increasing...

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