When planning a vacation, you’ll be faced with an array of lodging options: hotels, motels, campers and RVs, tents, and home rentals. While these are all excellent options, my personal favorite is the short-term vacation rental. A vacation rental is…
If you’ve decided that it’s time to replace your old refrigerator, you’re in for a few surprises. The average life of a fridge is around 12 years, and in the decade or so since you last looked at a new…
A new car might be the worst investment in the world. Why? A new car loses 15% to 20% of its value the minute you drive it off the dealership lot! But this phenomenon is not limited to new cars…
As technology continues to improve at increasingly rapid speeds, new phones hit the market on a seemingly daily basis. Smartphones, iPhones in particular, have been dominating the market so strongly, and new releases come out so quickly, that one starts…
When I think of different ways to make my paycheck last longer, my mind typically contemplates the little ways to save money like canceling cable TV, going without my daily latte, or cutting coupons. But while it’s true that little…
For decades, the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation was the premier financial and insurance planning credential sported by life insurance agents and financial planners who marketed their products and services to the public. Then, the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation…
I’ll admit it: I love gadgets. I’m especially drawn to smartphones, tablet PCs, and plenty of other devices that a frugal person would easily call “non-essential.” In the past, my love affair with technology blindsided me into paying high retail…
If you have a mortgage on your home, chances are you’ve gotten plenty of offers for mortgage protection insurance. For example, shortly after I signed the papers for my new home, I started receiving mailers with information on mortgage protection…
I’m an extraordinarily frugal person, but my one weakness is eating out at restaurants. There are only so many times that I feel like cooking and cleaning, and there are some dishes that I can only get at my favorite…
Benjamin Franklin’s image is indelibly printed not only within the American psyche, but also on the largest issue of currency printed by the U.S. Treasury – the $100 bill. It would be hard to choose a more appropriate founding father to…
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