Over Christmas, my husband’s parents came to stay with us for two weeks. We have an extra bedroom, but no bed for it. While the air mattress is fine for a couple of nights, we didn’t want my in-laws to have to sleep on it for two weeks. We’re not quite ready to buy another bed, so we decided to rent one. My husband called the rent-to-own places here in town, and we found one willing to rent us a new, never-been-slept-in bed for a month (they wouldn’t do it for two weeks)....
Alan Schram, new writer at Canadian Finance Blog, discusses how he improved his personal finances and what he's planning for the future.
A mutual fund represents money contributed by multiple investors. That money is managed by an individual, or more likely, a whole slew of individuals. Not surprisingly, those folks who help manage and oversee your money do not do it on a volunteer basis. They get paid. Do you want to guess who pays them? You do – through your fees assessed by the mutual fund. As an investor, mutual fund fees is one of five things everyone should know about mutual funds.
What are the D...
Sometimes you just need to stop spending money for a few days. Maybe you are already over budget, or close to it, and the month isn’t over. Maybe you have savings goals with attached deadlines, and need to kick a little extra towards one of those goals before the deadline comes and goes. Or maybe you just hate to see your hard-earned dollars fly out of your wallet on trivial things. If any of these things describe you, I suggest a no-spend weekend.
What is a no-spend weekend
A no-spe...
To get a higher price for your vehicle it's best to sell your car privately. Depending on the age and condition of your car, you can pocket an extra 20% or more selling it yourself. Remember when you trade your car in you are getting the trade-in value. This is lower than the price you could get selling it yourself.
A look back at the past year. From buying a new house with a readvanceable mortgage to looking to save money when baby arrived.
iPhones are often criticized as expensive and ostentatious. Why buy a smart phone when you can make calls from a $10 pay as you go phone? It may seem like a waste of money, but used properly an iPhone can be a powerful tool in your personal finance arsenal. Here is just a small sampling of the best personal finance applications that are available for your iPhone or iPod Touch. These are my top 25.
Finances and Banking iPhone Apps
Mint.com iPhone App — Mint is a well known perso...
To help you make the most of your 2009 taxes, here are some tax tips to help you organize, prepare, and take advantage of the available tax deductions and tax credits for 2009 tax year. Instead of trying to compile my own list, I reached out to a few personal finance bloggers to share their best tax tips for 2009. By the way, make sure you read through to the end because there are some great giveaways from TurboTax and TaxCut.
Tax Tips
Tax Tips To Help You Prepare and Organize
How to ...
If people choose their spouse based on similar attitudes and values, then why would a tightwad fall for a spendthrift, especially if her ideal mate is a tightwad, too?
Money issues cause a lot of trouble in marriage. Here's 101 ways you can improve your money relationship with your spouse.
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