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Education Tips

Cash or Credit: Which to Use?

Tweet Let’s take a look at those reasons: Delayed Payment — When buying with credit, you delay paying out money that may be earning interest. Certainly, low paying savings accounts

Money Management

How Long Should I Keep My Financial Records?

Tweet Practicality is far different from reality, however. Legal documents, for one, are always of the hard copy variety and many of our taxes, bank statements and real estate matters

Education Tips

Simple Living: Thrifty Tips for Families

Tweet 15 ways to save money without losing your sanity. Thrifty living is a mindset, one that causes you to consider every purchase, or at least those buys where you

Credit Reports

When Will My Credit Payoff Be Reported?

Tweet Those reports impact your credit score, a three-digit number that can make a difference between getting approved for a loan at a favorable interest rate or paying a higher

Travel Tips

How to Beat Exorbitant Holiday Airfares

Tweet Travel by air may remain just as popular as ever, but if you’re planning to fly, expect to see double-digit fare increases from over one year ago. And those

Business Services

Selling Your Business: Dressed for Success!

Tweet If your business has a fixed base location, you’ll want to ensure that the outside of the facility is visually appealing or otherwise risk losing a potential buyer. Let’s

Education Tips

How to Save Money on Prescription Drugs

Tweet If we have a medical condition, prescriptions can maintain our health, even save our lives. The cost of such medicines can take its toll on any budget, therefore exploring

Education Tips

How to Save Money on Your Thanksgiving Dinner

Tweet The meal itself is usually an elaborate affair and an expensive one at that. Easily, you can spend hundreds of dollars on food, wine, desserts and appetizers, an expense

Business Services

Selling A Business: Prepare Your Documents

Tweet Six steps to prepare your business for marketing. Before you contact a business broker to arrange the sale of your business, you’ll want to review your company’s financial records

Consumer Financing

Are Credit Unions Better Than Banks?

Tweet Banks and savings and loan associations have long served local communities, but so have credit unions, a type of financial institution that may meet your personal financial requirements. Who

Money Management

Are Series EE Savings Bonds a Wise Investment?

Tweet If you invest in U.S. savings bonds, then you assume the same level of risk that people have when they put money in the bank. In other words, the

Business Services

How to Sell Your Business

Tweet Selling your business for well below market value can be tempting, especially if you have to sell due to health or some other personal matter. However, selling out for

Credit Reports

You Can Clear An Eviction

Tweet These reports can also include negative and potentially damaging information such as an eviction from a property you once rented. An eviction typically takes place after the tenant falls

Home Buying

What Are REO Properties?

Tweet Failure by homeowners to make scheduled mortgage payments triggers the foreclosure process which leads to a home eventually becoming an REO property. REO Defined Not all homes in foreclosure

Money News

When Do You Need An FEIN?

Tweet Whereas every American usually needs to have a Social Security Number, not every business is required to have an FEIN or EIN as it is referred as by the