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Home Equity vs Line of Credit
While the credit crunch has made borrowing for or against your home more difficult, home equity loans and lines of credit remain popular for those with equity. Stacy Johnson explains what these loans do and if you should consider them.
The Cost of Summer Camp
Summer camps aren’t college, but they have a lot in common. Picking the right one can be complicated and expensive, but there are some tips that can make the process easier.
Credit Counseling vs Debt Settlement
You’ve seen the ads: credit counseling companies say they can help by getting your payments and interest rates lowered. Others claim they can get your debts wiped out entirely by settling them for pennies on the dollar. Money reporter Stacy Johnson takes an inside look at these companies.
“Head-On” and Homeopathy
When you’ve got a headache, you go to the pharmacy and you assume that all these medications are going to do the trick. But will they? A man named James Randi says he’ll bet a million dollars they wont.
James Randi’s Million Dollar Challenge
If you’re a fortune teller, faith healer, psychic then you really need to know James Randi because he’s got a million dollars with your name written on it. Ready to put up or shut up?
Hiring the Homeless
This hotel kitchen had a tough time finding employees. Until they started looking out their back door. Literally.
Environmental Weddings
Getting married? Love saving green? Environmentally conscious? There is a way to have an incredible wedding, at an affordable price, with an ‘environmental wedding’!
Eco-Hotels Make Green Vacations
If you’ve ever thought about ways to “Go Green”, maybe you should starting thinking about the way you travel.
Deflating Inflation
If you’ve ever been through any type of financial planning, youíve probably heard all about, and been duly frightened by, inflation. The word inflation refers to the gradual erosion of the purchasing power of money due to rising prices over time. In other words, your money is worth less because stuff costs more. While it … Continued
The $1400 Phone Bill
Cell phones can be expensive, and cell phone billing methods can be confusing. But what would you do if your cell bill arrived, and it was more than 200 pages long and totaled more than $1,400? One family found out…
Great Jobs Without A College Degree
Do you have to get a college diploma to land a high paying job? Not necessarily. Making money without a college degree isn’t impossible.
Negotiating With Your Lender
Knowing how to negotiate with your lender can save you tons of money.
Cutting Cooling Bills
We’d all like to save more money, and most of us wouldn’t mind doing a few good things for the environment while we’re at it. In fact, there are probably things you could be doing right now to benefit both causes, and they only take a few seconds!
Eliminating Back Taxes
Q: My husband and I owe in excess of 31,000.00 in back taxes. We have learned all too well that our ignorance of tax witholding laws is no excuse to the IRS. I would like to know how to choose an agency that can help us to eliminate or reduce our tax debt to a … Continued
Investing For College
There was a time not so long ago that I could have skipped this article, saying something like, ìInvesting for college is like any other long-term investment goal. You simply invest in stocks, bonds and/or money market funds like you would for retirement or anything else.î These days, however, there are now sufficient tax advantaged … Continued
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