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5 Reasons You Should Still Have a Checking Account

5 Reasons You Should Still Have a Checking Account

With prepaid cards becoming increasingly popular, many people are closing their checking account. Today’s culture had glorified the idea of carrying “wads” of cash. Having a wallet full of cash is a great feeling – yes – but the risk of appealing “cool” is simply not worth putting your hard earned assets at risk. Having a lot of cash on hands simply […]

Keep Your Clothes Looking Better for Longer with these AWESOME Hacks!

Keep Your Clothes Looking Better for Longer with these AWESOME Hacks!

Formula 409 cleaners as stain removers 409 cleaners are usually meant to keep your house clean – especially those cruddy kitchen tops. However, they do a masterful job of removing the stains from your clothes as well. Even the more tough to remove lipstick stain can be taken care of using the 409 cleaner. The trick is to get on […]

Where to Cut on your Budget and Where to Splurge

Where to Cut on your Budget and Where to Splurge

Cut Lunch out: Consistently eating lunch outside not only puts a huge dent on your wallet but your overall health also. You are spending about $1820 per year if say your average lunches cost about $7 and you eat out 5 days of the week; this is if your lunch actually costs this low – which chances are it does […]

Making Your Home More Energy Efficient Means More Money in the Bank!

Making your home more energy efficient isn’t just good for the environment, its just as good for your bank account! We’ve found a great video that can help you recognize where you can make some small changes to make your home run a little more green. Here are some expert tips on how to update your current home and make […]

This Is How Social Security Benefits Are Calculated

It should be clear to every working person that you do not receive full social security benefits until you are at the age of 67 (if you are born after 1960 – it is 66 and ‘x’ amount of months if you are born prior to 1960 so please look it up to know your where you land on the […]

Really Looking to Cut Your Budget? 14 SUPER Life Hacks!

Really looking to cut some corners around the house and add some money back into your pocket? Here are some tips we bet you never thought of, like using sand to clean up a spill! Since we are all looking to add some positive cash flow back into our life, these are some seriously accessible ways to make your bank […]

6 Must Make Money Moves Before You Retire!

6 Must Make Money Moves Before You Retire!

    Retirement is a stage of life that many people simply do not prepare enough for. The earlier you start racking up personal savings in your life the better off you will be later stages. Luckily, the saying “better late than never” applies well in this situation. Setting up for retirement must be your priority when you are in your […]

5 Things to Consider Doing When You Have An Excellent Credit Score

5 Things to Consider Doing When You Have An Excellent Credit Score

An excellent credit score is simply a must for one to live comfortably. Even if you don’t have insane amounts of savings, having a good credit score enables you to access the luxuries of life that would otherwise be extremely difficult to attain. It is a long a tedious project to get you credit score to a satisfactory level; here […]

Unemployed? 9 MUST Do’s and MUST Don’ts!

Unemployed? 9 MUST Do’s and MUST Don’ts!

By no means is being unemployed a desirable social status– (as much fun as it is) waking up at noon will soon lose its appeal especially once your bills start stacking up. It’s certainly a rough patch of life and one that really tests your mental limits – especially when the unemployment period seems to never conclude. Here are some tips on […]

The Worst Thing You Can Do With Your 401K

The Worst Thing You Can Do With Your 401K

No, it’s not investing too little or being too safe; though that could be bad for your bottom line too. One of the worst things people do with their 401(k) is leave it behind. Yes, in 2010, there were more than 15 million 401(k)s left behind. Orphaned with no foster parents. Blame it on forgetfulness, disregard, or just inactivity. The […]