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The following is a guest post from Jacelyn Thomas.
If you’ve decided to live with roommates, chances are you did so, at least in part, in order to save money. Splitting rent, utilities, and groceries can help you in various ways financially. It can enable you to save money, and it can also help raise your [...]
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According to research conducted in 2006 by the Insurance Information Institute’s Insurance Research Council, “96 percent of homeowners had homeowners insurance while 43 percent of renters had renters insurance.” Although this is the time of year when you may be thinking about your loved ones and what you’ll give them during the holidays, if you [...]
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So far, here in Massachusetts, its been a pretty mild December and our only snow was in October. Go figure. But I’m guessing its going to be cold sometime this winter, and if you have an oil furnace you need to buy oil. Here’s a few tips on getting your best deal.
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It’s the fundamental backbone of many a personal finance blog: Spend less – Save more. For some it’s common practice. Maybe you switched to store brand cereal, or started brewing your coffee at home every day. For others, maybe you don’t see the value in such things. You might think, “It’s not really going to [...]
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It seems like everyone nowadays has a smart phone that can take pictures, surf the web, download apps or play their favorite music. Well if you have a smart phone then you most likely have a data plan for it. Have you ever exceeded the amount of data you were limited to and got charged [...]
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Here in New England, we just had our first snowfall… on Halloween. It was so bad in some areas that trick-or-treating had to be postponed for safety reasons. How lame is that? Fall is my favorite season, and Winter’s already butting into Fall’s business… like a jerk. I had to pull out my snow shovel [...]
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Well it’s harvest time here in New England and, as usual, my friends and I are starting to figure out what we are sharing. My tomatoes didn’t fair well, but my basil did great! One of my friends will give me a case of her tomatoes to make my gravy (pasta sauce). She’ll get a [...]
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So you park your car and quickly run into the convenience store to grab something. You get back to your car and your GPS, MP3 player, and phone are gone. All this happened in just a matter of minutes yet they still managed to walk off with more than $300.00 of your merchandise. You have [...]
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Living within your means is the key to staying debt free. The way to do this is to set a budget for yourself. Budgets are such a useful tool in so many ways. They can help keep you organized, keep track of your expenses, and can help you identify where you are possibly overspending. There [...]
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I used to be all thumbs. Totally un-mechanically minded. And it cost me a bundle. Simple home repairs around the house and car that I could have done myself were delegated to highly paid (and SKILLED I might add, no disrespect intended) tradesmen.
Things I could have done myself cost literally hundreds of dollars. Things like [...]
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