September 2010

Pizza, beer, frat parties, credit card cosigning …

And the CARD act. No I didn’t get high and randomly type a few attractive words. They really are connected. You see I am addicted to Starbucks frappuccinos. I mostly control myself but some days when I am traveling I give in and get one. Yesterday was one of those days. I went into a [...]

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Freshman Finances : 17 ways save money using student discount

This post is part of the freshman finances series, a series of articles that are related to student finances. Read all parts of the series here. If you are a college student I am sure you don’t have a lot of spare cash lying around. There is one thing you do have though, an elite [...]

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How much does it cost to raise a child?

I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man – Socrates   The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently came out with its latest figures on the cost of raising a child. The title should have read “How to scare the heck [...]

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Changes are coming to a health care account near you…

Open enrollment is just around the corner. If you are already using a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings account (HSA, along with your High Deductible Health Plan), health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) or Archer Medical Savings Accounts (Archer MSAs) there are some big changes coming your way. The changes will affect how you use your [...]

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Take this house and shove it

As the housing market continues to flounder in many parts of the country, more than one-in-five homeowners (21%) say they owe more on their mortgages than their home is worth according to a recent Pew Research Survey. But the more interesting part of the survey is – more than a third (36%) say the practice [...]

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Should you get rental car insurance?

One of the most famous pieces of advice for getting a cheap rental car is to decline the insurance provided by the rental car company, as the price of the insurance alone could be equal to or up to twice the amount of the rental itself. Almost all of us straight out refuse rental insurance [...]

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Go Green Using Government Funding : Energy rebates & tax credits, Federal, State and more

With the Government bailing out all the big banks, mortgage companies, insurance companies and auto industry, don’t you feel like asking, as the little guy, where is my bail out? At least I have. I should be getting some kind of bail out to cover my expenses… because you know… I have spent it all. [...]

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Laptop and over $1000 worth of prizes from Yakezie network!

Free cash, free gift cards, lot of free books and even a free laptop… This might be your lucky week Check out the give aways from these excellent bloggers.

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Credit card benefits – Insurance, extended warranty, shopping and more

Do you know all your credit card benefits? Have you ever spilled hot coffee on your shiny new laptop and kicked yourself because the warranty doesn’t cover stupidity? Did you ever want to take your husband/wife to a special restaurant for your anniversary only to call and find out its full? Did your TV or [...]

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