How To Save Money Buying A Laptop For A College Freshman
All universities and colleges have followed suit with the rapid growth in internet technology over the past ten years, and it is now essential for college students to have a good computer for school. Laptops are the computer of choice with college students, because they're portable and pack enough features to help them with whatever needs to be done for school. This will be one of the bigger expenses you will face if your sending your child off to college in the next couple of weeks, and it's important that you get them a laptop that meets their ...
How To Avoid Being Upside Down On A Car Loan
What does being upside down on a car loan mean? It means that you financed a car with little money down, and now you owe more money than the car is worth. This is very easy to do, because cars depreciate at a rapid pace for the first 3 years of their life. Let's be honest, they depreciate rapidly their WHOLE life. You can list a car as an asset in your balance sheet if you want, but you're kidding yourself. It's not an asset or an investment. It's an expense. No, I'm not a ...
Five Steps to Effective Budgeting
The foundation of developing good financial habits as a college graduate or recent graduate is creating solid budgeting skills. Budgeting is not an art, it is a skill that is taught by practicing over and over again. You do not need a degree in finance to create and maintain a budget. Follow these simple steps to create a solid budget. Step 1: Gather Information. Gather together all of your bank statements, receipts, and credit card statements for a given month. Create a number of categories for living expenses such as food, gas, rent/mortgage, utilities, clothing, loan payments, ...
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