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Financial Planning

Six Excuses People Use to Avoid Financial Accountability

Financial trouble befalls a large majority of people. But when financial trouble rises it is very often the case that people shirk responsibility and avoid the issue.

Business Management

4 Tips to Help Your Business Be Environmentally Responsible About Waste

With most forms of business, and especially with production businesses, there will be some amount of resultant physical waste. Excess or other problems with waste are not only seen as being environmentally irresponsible, but they are also actually harmful to the bottom line of your business.

Home Tips

How to Save Big Bucks on Home Repair

One broken appliance can set your budget on edge. A pattern of plumbing, electrical or building problems may put you in the modern equivalent of a poor house.

Money Management

Staying In the Black: 5 Precautionary Measures to Avoid Financial Pitfalls

Financial matters affect everyone, and sometimes it can be difficult to find a simple approach to managing your finances. Over 160 million Americans own credit cards, and of the households that do have credit cards each one carries an average of $15,000 in debt.

Small Business

Sold! How to Close a Sale

You are meeting with a client, an individual whose decision-making authority can open doors for your business. If this person accepts your product pitch, you will have your foot in the door. Moreover, even greater business opportunities are possible.

Education Tips

How to Find a Way to Afford the Surgery You Need

Have you recently been told by your doctor that you need to have surgery? If so, you might be worried about how you will pay for it.

Education Tips

What You Should Know About Timeshares

A timeshare describes jointly owned property that is typically used as a vacation home and allows the owners to use it at certain times of the year. Timeshares rose in importance in the 1970s and have been part of the US vacation fabric since then.

Investments

Top Four Physical Assets to Invest in and Why

A lot of attention is given to investments such as stocks and bonds, but very few financial planners spend a lot of time discussing physical assets.

The Game of Life

5 Fun & Easy Ways to Raise Money

If you need to raise money for a church mission trip or to support a community organization, you have a number of options available to you. These options include events that can be held in one day or projects that can take weeks or even months to complete.

Budgeting

Budget Cuts: How to Make a More Frugal Home

A job loss or a cut in hours at work can lead to a need to cut back on expenses to meet a home budget. While most people will need a negative experience to cut back, there are some who will do so voluntarily to save up for retirement, or an emergency fund.

Small Business

10 Employee Perks That Won’t Cost You a Cent

As a small business owner, you can’t possibly compete with the big guys. Not on salary. Nor on benefits.

Money Management

Five Tips for a Smart Homeowner’s Budget

If you want to try a new restaurant in a state you’ve never visited, would you go without Google maps? I didn’t think so. Why, then, would you ever go through life without a budget?

Career Planning

Extreme Jobs for Those Who Don’t Fear Heights: See Through a GoPro

Extreme sports enthusiasts looking for an adrenaline rush may transfer that desire into a number of modern day occupations. These jobs may send a chill up and down the spine whether suffering from acrophobia or not.

Education Tips

14 Ways to Save on Water This Summer

It is going to be a long, hot summer, but that is not anything new. What is new are the advanced restrictions your town has placed on water usage, mandating water bans and increasing usage costs to help consumers make more efficient choices.