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Use Alternative Housing Arrangements and Save on Your Next Vacation

by Melissa

The family vacation is pricey. According to Free Money Finance, in 2007, the average American spent $1,654 on their summer vacation. If the vacation is a week long, that is approximately $236 a day, of which I am guessing accommodations are a large portion of the expense.  If you are a family of four, you [...]

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Free Tax Day Snacks, Giveaways and Deals

by Melissa

You got a few extra days this year to take care of your taxes. Did you get them in or are you still procrastinating? If you are really one of those last minute folks then you better make sure your return is in either electronically by day’s end or post-marked by the end of the [...]

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How to Negotiate Lower Rent in Your Current Apartment

by Melissa

In this market, many new renters are freely negotiating with prospective landlords on the price of rent and having success. However, what if you are currently locked into a lease and don’t really want to move? If you have been in your apartment for several years, before the downturn of the housing market, you may [...]

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How to Get a Bargain When Apartment Hunting

by Melissa

The uncertainty in the housing market along with more stringent lending standards is driving more people to rent rather than buy. Even though there may be more people in the renting market in addition to the usual renting population, there are also more people turning the homes they own into rental units rather than having [...]

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How and Why We Rationalize Spending

by Melissa

Millions of Americans find themselves in credit card debt, and many of them complain that they don’t know how the debt got so unmanageable. While there may be reasons for accruing debt such as a medical ailment or job loss, often it is just the result of poor judgement and overspending. Yet many people rationalize [...]

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Our Switch To Netflix – Review

by Glen Craig

A few years ago my wife complained about our cable bill. “This is a ridiculous amount to pay every month” she said. We had a premium cable channel on our plan but we weren’t even watching most of the movies or shows it provided.  And the movies it did show played over and over without [...]

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ING Direct Black Friday Action

by Glen Craig

Black Friday isn’t just for retail stores. ING Direct is offering up their annual Black Friday specials this year from November 25th through November 27th. If you don’t feel like going out and spending your money you can check out what ING Direct will be offering for you to save. You know I’ve been an ING Direct [...]

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Think Long Term When Shopping Black Friday and Cyber Monday

by Glen Craig

When you do your Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping don’t just think of things for the upcoming holidays — think long-term! Many sales are at their best on these days.  It may be worth it for you to take advantage now and buy items for events and purposes throughout the year. Many a time [...]

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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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Groupon American Apparel National Deal

by Glen Craig

You’ve heard me talk about Groupon before. I’ve reviewed Groupon and I wrote about their Gap national deal a while back. Truth is I don’t usually mention deals here on Free From Broke, but this deal was pretty popular last year and Groupon is running it again this year. Here’s today’s deal: American Apparel $25 [...]

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