Budgeting

Advice on how to budget and spend wisely

Pet assistance for low-income families: X free or cheap vet services

When your pets start to act strange and uneasy, worrying becomes inevitable. Your urge to bring them to the nearest veterinary clinic becomes uncontrollable. Unfortunately, looking for cheap animal hospitals can be difficult. What can you do if you can’t afford a vet? Especially in emergency cases, you might not be financially prepared for the …

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Free fun things to do with friends: places, activities, and more

Many of our happiest life moments are the times we spend with friends. It’s not surprising then that we often wish we could just enjoy their company more.  But sometimes, even just meeting up to have coffee or a few drinks can break our budget. We then resort to cutting down on hang-out times.  Hang-out …

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Social Security and Medicare: The 2017 Trustees Report

Where does your Social Security pension fit into your retirement plan? That might depend on your age and your view on the program’s long-term prognosis.The annual trustee reports on Social Security and Medicare were released earlier today and showed little change from last year’s report. Depending on your perspective, that is either good or bad. …

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4 Money Issues Couples Should Agree On

The following is a guest post from Al Jacobs, author of Roadway to Prosperity. Al has been a professional investor for nearly five decades and holds a degree in civil engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Real Estate Certificate from the University of California and a Certified Property Manager designation (CPM) from the Institute of Real Estate Management. …

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When Less is More

Documentary: Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things (2016). How might your life be better with less? The synopsis on the film’s website notes the purpose is to examine the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience inside the lives of minimalists from all walks of life—families, entrepreneurs, architects, artists, journalists, scientists, and even a former Wall Street broker—all …

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