finance
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Free Credit Report: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Checking & Correcting Errors
Getting your hands on a free copy of your credit report and checking it for errors is one of the easiest ways to help your financial health. Correcting even a small mistake can make a huge difference
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Creative Solutions: DIY Alternatives to Buying New
When you have a need or a problem, there’s usually a solution that can be bought. Buying a solution is often the easiest and fastest way to solve a problem — but it also can be the most expensive. W
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DIY Stain Removal: Creative Cleaning Solutions for Common Accidents
Recently my 19-month old daughter managed to get her tiny hands on a ballpoint pen. Normally, this wouldn’t have been a major event. This time was different. In the 30-45 seconds it took for me to no
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Budgeting for Unexpected Expenses: How Targeted Accounts Can Help
Right before our Thanksgiving trip, the AC went out on our vehicle. $600 later, we had a functioning AC. What a way to start a camping trip. The good news was that we had the funds set aside for tha
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Plan Ahead: Save for Christmas Year-Round | [Your Brand]
I have some potentially shocking news for you: Christmas is coming! No, I’m not talking about the one in a few days; I’m referring to the one that’s coming just twelve months down the road. Far too m
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Luxury Handbags: Renting Designer Bags for Special Occasions
Most of us, at one time or another, have seen a photo of a celebrity with an “it” bag, even if just in tabloids at the supermarket check-out. Most of the time they are over-sized totes, logo prominen
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ATM Withdrawal Costs: A Shocking Look at Financial Habits
I must confess to a new habit: I collect discarded ATM receipts. It all started when I walked by the bank in the building next to Motley Fool Intergalactic Headquarters, and found one such receipt bl
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Best Time to Buy: Expert Timing for Savings on Everything
| Published: 07 January 2010 – Updated: 12 October 2024 | My mom has a sixth sense when it comes to bargain hunting. Where I’m thrilled to get 25 percent off and free shipping, she’s finding deal
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Mastering Discretionary Spending: A Practical Budgeting Guide
I’ve decided to develop a budget. This probably sounds strange coming from a guy who has been anti-budget all his life. Besides, haven’t I paid off all my debt? Don’t I have a positive cash-flow of o
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Financial Lessons from Monopoly: Real-World Money Management
Monopoly is by far the best board game available; well, at least it is for me. Monopoly is not just a game; one of the benefits of playing Monopoly is that it can teach you important lifelong lessons
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Budget-Friendly & Healthy Grains: 4 Affordable Options
We all know that cooking meals at home can save money. For some (like me), it’s a lot of fun, too, but it’s easy to get in a rut — which is where I found myself last year. Brown rice was my go-to sid
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Credit Score Mistakes: A Personal Story of Recovery and Resilience
This article is part of the “reader stories” feature at Get Rich Slowly. Some stories contain general advice; others are examples of how a GRS reader achieved financial success — or failure. These st
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Understanding Fixed vs. Flexible Expenses: A Budgeting Guide
Having flexible spending can help reduce your stress because you never know when you’re going to get hit by flexible expenses. A few months ago, my local bank and I had a falling out and my husband a
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Freelancer Budgeting: Strategies for Financial Stability
For the last few years, I have earned a living for my family as a freelance writer. I really feel blessed that I can do this from home, providing for my family’s needs and many of our wants. When you
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Co-signing a Loan: Risks, Consequences, and What to Do
Ah, relationships. Without other people, money management would be easy! Easy-er, anyhow. But love, family, and business relationships tend to make people do things they know they really oughtn’t. Ta
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Preserve Your Harvest: A Guide to Food Dehydrators
As Get Rich Slowly readers know, J.D. and I have a thriving garden with maturing fruit trees, monstrous berry plants, and an annual vegetable garden. Much of the time, I turn the garden bounty into:
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Frugal Living Secrets: Insights from The Cheapskate Next Door
This is a guest post from Jeff Yeager, author of the newly-published The Cheapskate Next Door. Yeager calls himself the Ultimate Cheapskate — and his wife agrees. Yeager is also a contributor at Wise
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Debt Collection Rights: What Debt Collectors Can't Do (FDCPA)
The phone is ringing again. You know that it’s a debt collection agency. You hit “silent” and ignore it. After all, you don’t have the money to pay them, so you don’t know what you’re going to tell t
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Download Microsoft Money Plus Sunset Deluxe - Free Personal Finance Software
Who would want a personal finance software package with no online component or support? Apparently, many do when it’s completely free. The best budgeting software is often a matter of personal tast
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Selling Your Home to Eliminate Debt: A Financial Analysis
Yesterday we had a great discussion about some of the financial choices I’m facing, but today it’s time to look at a decision a GRS reader is trying to make. Catherine wrote to ask if it makes sense
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Business Check Endorsement: A Step-by-Step GuideThere is a proper way to endorse a business check. Since its inception, the check has given rise to a first, 15th and 30th day of the month mentality and economy. As business checks are depos...
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Mastering Stock Chart Analysis: A Comprehensive Guide for InvestorsStock investing requires a fundamental analysis of the company and a technical analysis of the stock price. So, if you want to invest in the stock of a particular company, analyzing its financials, ma...
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Alaska Wildfire Fight Costs Exceed $300 Million This SummerANCHORAGE, ALASKA (AP) — The cost for state and federal officials to fight Alaska's summer wildfires this year is estimated to have surpassed $300 million. The final tally of dam...
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Financial Preparedness: 5 Steps to Navigate a RecessionPreparing for a recession can sound daunting. However, it doesn’t need to be a worrying time if you can get a plan in place. Of course, it can cause uncertainty around jobs and livelihoods, but with...