Budget

How to Get Your Spouse More Involved in the Family Finances

by Melissa

In many marriages, there is the financial geek who enjoys setting the budget, paying the bills,  and managing the money.  Often the other spouse wants no part of the finances. While this is not always the case, it is true for many marriages. This arrangement may work well for awhile, but over time, the spouse [...]

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Mint.com Review – Manage Your Money Online Free

by Glen Craig

Having trouble tracking and managing your finances? Maybe you need a little help! There are web based financial management tools that can help you get the job done if that’s where you need to go. At the top of the list is Mint.com. Should you try it and see if it can help with your [...]

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Tips For Shopping Black Friday And Cyber Monday

by Glen Craig

Can you believe how far into November it is already?!? Know what that means?  Yeah, seeing family and overeating on Thanksgiving.  Know what else?  Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping deals! These two days have turned into crazy whirlwinds of shopping and sales (actually the whole weekend is full of deals).  Do your homework and [...]

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Budgeting for Christmas Shopping Before it’s too Late

by Glen Craig

Yes, it is only just Fall and the leaves are barely starting to change color but before any of us realize it, the snow will be on the ground and Jingle Bells will be playing at the mall (OK, the holiday music will start once Halloween is over). Budgeting for Christmas shopping now may sound like a [...]

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Can’t Pay On Time? Change Your Due Date!

by Glen Craig

Way back in the dark days when my credit card debt felt like a ball and chain around my neck I would have problems paying my credit card bills on time. And man, was I so close a lot of those times!  I’d miss the due date by a day here, three days there.  See, [...]

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Try Out Your New Lifestyle Before You Actually Live It

by Melissa

Life can be full of financial changes that you must adapt to.  One of the best ways to make the transition smoother is to try out your new lifestyle before you actually live it.   Take, for example, the stories of two women, Jessica and Maureen.

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How to Create a Budget for Variable Income

by Miranda

With people increasingly using technology to make money from home, it is becoming more common for many of us to live on a variable income. The problem for many, though, is how to create a budget for variable income?  Whether you have a stable base of income, with some variable elements, or whether your entire [...]

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How We Manage Our Finances on the Road

by Guest

This guest post is from Wifey of a Roadie, where M shares her tips and tricks as she and her husband travel the world. Hi Everyone! Wifey of a Roadie here! I’m reading all these informative and entertaining blogs on debt control and travel and therefore have been inspired to write this post. Juggling Love [...]

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Kids & Money – The Financial Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree

by Guest

For those of us with kids, we hope to pass down certain traits—good looks, agility, perfect vision, smarts, business savvy. But what of our money management skills?  Financial finesse rarely makes it onto our list of personal strengths, yet it’s a crucial life skill everyone needs to acquire.  A Charles Schwab 2010 Families and Money [...]

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Clariity – Gifting Financial Goals and Family Oriented Financial Planning – Review

by Glen Craig

The modern family’s life can be so hectic and hurried just trying to get through day by day, that planning for the future can seem like something that is not in reach. A confusing, time consuming topic, some families may not know where to start when they sit down to think about their investments, their [...]

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