finance
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Suze Orman: Why You Should Cut Up Your Credit Cards (and How to Achieve Financial Freedom)
It was great to have a chance to speak with Suze Orman, who will be sharing money tips on The Oprah Winfrey Show this Thursday. I tried to ask her about maintaining motivation and sticking to goals.
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Start Your Vegetable Garden: A January Guide to Planning for Success
Early January. Though it’s the dead of winter, many of us are dreaming about our summer vegetable gardens. The seed catalogs have begun to appear in the mailbox. Kris and I received eight of them tod
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Confessions of a Butcher: A Surprisingly Engaging Read for Meat Lovers
Every week, I receive a couple of books in the mail from authors and publishers. (This week there were six!) They’re hoping that I’ll find time to review their work at Get Rich Slowly. I do my best,
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Preventative Home Maintenance: Save Money & Avoid Costly Repairs
In 2004, Kris and I bought a hundred-year-old farmhouse. We’d been living in a 1976 ranch-style home that was virtually maintenance-free. We knew that our new house was quirky, and that it needed som
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Financial Freedom: Insights from a Self-Made Millionaire
Today is the last day of Financial Literacy Month. To tie everything together, I thought it would be fun to share an interview my real millionaire next door, a man we’ll call John. He used the basic
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Prepaid Cell Phones: A Smart Way to Save Money?
Last week, I spoke with personal finance writer Greg Karp about how young adults can save money. We brainstormed ideas for one of his upcoming newspaper columns. “I’m willing to bet that many young
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Budget-Friendly Dining: 7 Tips for Affordable Restaurant Meals
It’s possible to live sensibly and still be on top of your finances. Going out to eat doesn’t have to break your budget. Since we met each other in college, we learned some ways to have fun and chea
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Live Rich on a Budget: How to Enjoy Life's Best Things Affordably
A bon vivant is a person who lives well — someone who enjoys the best things in life, especially with regard to food and drink. The stereotypical bon vivant is someone who can afford the best (or h
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Smart Food Savings: Proven Strategies from Personal Finance Experts
While driving to our monthly book group discussion on Saturday, Kris and I had a conversation with our friend Courtney. Courtney’s family is beginning to feel a financial squeeze. Her husband’s emplo
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1872 Experiment in Extreme Frugality: A Look at Cheap Living History
Earlier this week, I shared some of the highlights from three years of GRS articles about saving money on food. Brett from The Art of Manliness, who knows that I collect old self-help books, sent me
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Top 25 Personal Finance Books: Expert Recommendations for Financial Success
I shared a list of my favorite books about money once before, but that was over two years ago. I’ve read dozens of books since then (and thumbed through dozens more). Here is a revised list of 25 gr
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Best Microsoft Money Alternatives: Top 12 Personal Finance Programs
Microsoft Money is no longer available for purchase. Microsoft has essentially conceded that there’s no demand for the personal finance software product. From the website: With banks, brokerage firms
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Effective Budgeting with the Money Jar System: A Detailed Guide
Steve describes a money jar system for budgeting that actually reminds me of Elizabeth Warren’s balanced money formula, but with a little more detail. Managing money doesn’t restrict freedom — it c
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Couchsurfing: Authentic Travel Experiences & Local Connections
What if I told you there was a different way to travel? A way to see the world outside of the hotel chains, guidebooks, and tourist traps. A way to intimately experience the real culture of everyday
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Grocery Outlet: Uncovering the Secrets of Discount Grocery Prices
About a mile from my house there’s a slightly shabby strip mall housing a Dollar Store, a Ross Dress for Less, and something called a ‘Grocery Outlet’. For two years, I’ve driven past that sign — on
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Budget-Friendly Family Fun: Discover Free Activities & Events Near You
Our family has been going through a transformation from a paycheck-to-paycheck family to a family that has money in the bank. While I wouldn’t say we are extreme frugalists, we do try to save as much
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The Unexpected Origin of a Useful Acronym: A Haircut Story
From my toddler years on, I’ve had long hair. There were a few years when I would get it cut shoulder length, but I never ventured into short hair territory. That is, until about a month ago. I found
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Pocketsmith Review: Simple & Affordable Personal Finance Tracking
There are many personal finance softwares available to individuals to keep track of their income, expenses, bill payments, and general finances. These softwares attempt to offer unique and different
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Cost-Effective Transportation Options: Beyond the Car
I’ve always been a car guy. It’s not that I’m mechanically inclined or that I get into the latest makes and models — neither of these is anywhere close to the truth — but that a car has always been m
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Estate Sale Shopping: A Beginner's Guide to Finding Treasures
At 10am yesterday morning, Kris and I climbed into the Mini Cooper and to head for the county fair. We’d only been driving for a few minutes when Kris pointed at a sign. “Look! An estate sale,” she s
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Unemployment Claims Plummet to Historic Low: Key InsightsMany or all of the products here are from our partners that pay us a commission. It’s how we make money. But our editorial integrity ensures our experts’ opi...
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Side Hustles & Income Options: What to Do After Stimulus Checks EndYou can't count on Washington l...
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Short Call Options: Strategy, Risks & How It WorksA short call is an options strategy where an investor writes (sells) a call option on a stock because he expects that stock’s price to decrease in the future. Understanding the Short ...
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Routing Numbers: What They Are & How to Find YoursA routing number is a unique number that identifies a specific banking institution. Each routing number is made up of nine digits. Routing numbers are sometimes referred to as an American...