How to Get Your Finances Under Control
Do you ever feel like there’s “too much month at the end of your money”? Are you always juggling bills and barely managing to make ends meet, let alone save money for a rainy day? Do you worry an unexpected…
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Mint Review – Interactive Budgeting & Financial Planning App
Update: Effective January 1st, 2024, Mint is no longer available. Intuit encourages Mint users to open a free Credit Karma account to access some of the financial tools previously offered by Mint. How do you manage your personal budget? Perhaps…
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8 Financial Tips for College Students to Save and Manage Money Better
If your child is one of the millions of college freshmen headed off to school, your August might be packed with shopping, gathering textbooks, and packing up entire rooms. And while picking out the perfect dorm decor might seem important,…
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4 Budgeting Alternatives to Meet Your Financial Goals
If you’ve ever searched for advice on how to meet your financial goals, there’s one tip you’ve probably heard over and over: You need to make a budget. No matter what you’re trying to do – get out of debt, buy a house, save…
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How to Get Money for a Down Payment on a House: 16 Strategies & Tips
Whether you’re purchasing a prefab dwelling, building a new construction home, or planning to fix up an older house, you’re probably excited about the prospect of closing the deal and moving in. Not so fast. Buying a home is an expensive proposition –…
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How to Calculate Your Personal Net Worth (Assets – Liabilities)
Not sure exactly what “net worth” means or how to calculate it? Net worth offers a common way to measure your personal wealth. For most people, it’s a simple calculation you can do on the back of a cocktail napkin. …
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Is Balancing Your Checkbook Necessary in the Age of Online Banking?
Maybe it was you in your dorm room at college. Maybe your mom at the kitchen table. Or maybe it was this one time in a high school blow-off class you kinda wish you hadn’t blown off called something like…
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How to Balance a Checkbook – A Step-by-Step Guide
With today’s smartphones, we basically carry computers everywhere we go, so checking our checking account balance is as easy as logging onto our bank’s mobile app or online banking website. Despite this convenience, the balance you see on your bank’s…
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How to Write a Check – 6 Steps to Fill Out a Check
First came debit cards you could swipe like a credit card. Then came cash-transferring services like PayPal and Venmo. That led to the near extinction of the paper check. But it’s still critical to know how to write a check….
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9 Tips For Families Living on One Income
It has been really difficult lately for many people to make ends meet, and this is especially true for one-income families. Many families are confronted with a family member unexpectedly losing a job and going through unemployment. On the other…
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