Saving money on car maintenance

With a little knowledge and just a little bit of time, people can save lots of money in all sorts of things around their house.  I have been mulling some things around in my mind, especially since I have had to have some car work done recently.  So what I have put together is a [...]

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11 things to do on a rainy day

Rainy days are sometimes the ones where you get too bored to even play with the toys you do have.  So what do you do to take care of your rainy day blues.  There are plenty of things that you don’t want to do on a rainy day, so lets work a little bit on [...]

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I Saved $43,000 in 10 minutes

So if you aren’t just a little bit interested by now, then you must not like looking for very simple ways to save yourself a lot of time and money.

This article is about paying off your mortgage.  I am using my own mortgage for the example and the things that I like the most for [...]

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Work smarter, not harder

The title says it all.  This is something that I have heard many different people  say over the years.  Normally I have heard it said the most when I am involved in some hard manual labor.  I like to think that you can apply this to many more things than just hard labor.  In fact [...]

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Gardening with less

So I might not be a plant expert, but I have put my fair share of plants in the ground and had them live, survive, and thrive so I like to think that I am somewhat decent at putting together a flower bed.  The flower bed I built was from the ground up.  I had [...]

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5 tips to get ready for summer

If it isn’t hot already, it will be. Considering I’m in Texas, it’s been hot for a while and I couldn’t be happier with the awesome spring we had this year. With the summer season upon us, let’s jump on a series of things that need to and should be done in the summer. I [...]

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10 Desperate money saving tips

There are times that people want to save an extra $25 bucks at the grocery store.  There are times that people know they need to cut back on expenses to make a better life and then just sorta get around to it when it happens.  AND THEN there are those desperate times where you have [...]

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11 Great 40 Dollar Investments

When you save money all the time you eventually have some money saved up.  So what do people do with all of that money.  I honestly believe that most people lose track of it unless they have a specific plan and set their money aside immediately.  Now on the other hand, what do you do [...]

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Stress Reduced Budget

Managing money and budgets can be extremely stressful.  You hear how it’s the number one thing that couple’s fight over.  Well, I can’t guarantee anything, but here are some ideas that can definitely reduce the amount of effort and stress you put into your budget.

#1  Put some money in savings first –  I have money [...]

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Is your bank changing?

You might want to start reading the letters that your bank has been sending you.  After reading this article on the new bank regulations at Fox News, it’s apparent that banks will not be able to charge for certain things. 

Anytime a business is forced to pay more money, or in this instance barred from an income stream.  [...]

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