Getting a new pet is a big financial decision that many people take much too lightly. Pet care is more than buying supplies and feeding your pet. Unexpected health costs are enough to cause some families to give up their new family members and even euthanize them. Getting pet insurance protects you from going into […]
Getting receipts ready for tax season
Getting your receipts ready for tax season can help speed things up when in the tax office, or preparing your own return. I often hear the advice to keep every receipt in a box, and just take the box in.
Interview with Author Mike Kelly, Special Offer on Financial Advice for the New High School Graduate
Mike Kelly is an author, father, and pilot. He is an amazingly sincere person with a natural love of financial education. He turned into a self certified expert at an early age. Just after military basic training, his sole motivation for getting into financial education was helping his mother after a divorce.
Starting an Overstock Resell Business through Via Trading
Via Trading is a unique business that specializes in liquidation industry. People can walk into the warehouse, buy pallets of fantastic goods from toys, gift baskets, bedding, etc., and sell it themselves for a profit.
A Smart Home is a Green Home… and Vice Versa
Want your home to be a little greener? Try these small updates, and make your home a smart home in no time.
Financial Advice for the New High School Graduate Book Review
In Mike Kelly’s Financial Advice for the New High School Graduate, teens learn the nuts and bolts of personal finance. Teens switch from having someone responsible for them, to being responsible for their own actions with just one birthday. This book is the “oh-yeah” that new high school graduates need to enter and succeed in the world.
How Obama’s Financial Reform Bill Affects Americans and Banks
The new “Restoring American Financial Security Act of 2010” is going to hit banks hard by reducing debit card fees that stores have to pay. The 2% charge might seem small, but has brought banks $20 billion dollars in revenue.
Inexpensive Wedding Favors For an Eco-Wedding
Cheap wedding favors are often cutesy little plastic trinket that end up cluttering up a landfill. So, what can an Earth-friendly bride-to-be do? If you want to have an environmentally-friendly eco-wedding, try these inexpensive wedding favors that combine flower seeds, recycled paper and other eco-friendly items. Cheap Wedding Favors for an Eco-wedding Looking for cheap […]
Five Tips for Improving Credit Scores
Improving a credit score is a game that every American is going to have to play to get better rates on loans for big ticket items like cars and mortgages. Improving a credit score involves using a lot of little strategies and paying close attention to spending. Its hard playing a game when the referee […]
Know Credit Scores and Understand Credit Reports
I thought I understood the importance of a checking my credit score and credit report until I decided to apply for a mortgage. I knew that I was up there, in the 780s-760s, but I never knew quite what that meant. When I applied, I wasn’t offered the best interest rate, and I asked why […]
Planning Your Freezer Cooking Menu
Freezer cooking is a method of preparing meals or other foods and storing them in your freezer for future use. We’ve talked a little about the advantages of freezer cooking and using your meals to bless your family and others in need. Let’s talk about actually planning your freezer cooking menu. This is especially good […]
Four Tips for High Yield or Interest Checking Accounts
High yield or high interest checking accounts are checking accounts from online banks that offer interest payments if you follow some basic rules. Following the high interest checking account guidelines will earn a dividend on your balance, where traditional accounts might not earn you a penny. They are very beneficial, especially now when trying to […]
