Valentine's Day is a pressure filled time for men. For some, it is a celebration of romance and love, but there is pressure to do something special for their someone in their lives. Doing something special usually means, flowers, dinner, candy or some special gift. You can easily spend hundreds of dollars on meaningless things or experiences! ...
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Insurance is for the Unplannable, Unpreventable and Unforeseeable!
There is always something that is unplannable, unpreventable and unforeseeable! That is why you have insurance. If you knew when you would have an accident, predict a serious illness or just knew when you needed insurance, you could get it just before you needed it. What do you do? You get insurance at the best possible cost and limits before you ...
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Make 2014 The Year You Get Ahead With These Prudent Financial Resolutions
Can you believe it? It’s 2014! Only one year prior to the year referenced in Back to the Future II, where the picture was complete with flying cars and taxis costing thousands of Dollars due to inflation running unchecked.
While we might not be exactly to the future that is alluded to in that movie, there are some financial goals/resolutions we ...
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Taking a Loan vs Saving to Start Up a Business
Starting your own business is the dream of entrepreneurs all across the world. Everyone talks and considers starting their own business, but it takes serious guts to actually go out and do it. There are so many things that can potentially go wrong, and the fear of failure scares some from the potential success. There are countless different ways to ...
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Things you must do to succeed at real estate investing
Real estate has become among the most lucrative venture for investors. Though expensive to start, investors get profit within a shortest time. However, making the real estate investment becomes a risky venture because you have to make the right decision for success to come. If you are a new investor, the following things you must do to succeed at ...
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How to Think Rich and Be Rich
You're in your 20s or 30s, you have student debt, you've accumulated some credit card debt and it looks like you'll never be able to buy a home. There is a way to think about money that can help solve these problems. Our thoughts precede actions and actions precede results. So let's start by changing your thoughts. ...
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ATM Skimming – What You Should Know
A Florida man was sentenced to federal prison following his role in an ATM-skimming case. He was found guilty of aggravated identity theft and possession of ATM-skimming paraphernalia. In another case, an Atlanta man was sentenced to 38 months in prison on ATM skimming charges along with restitution of more than $70,000 upon his release. ...
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Why Changing Your Behavior is More Important than Having a Budget
When it comes to finances, many people struggle with expenses, debt, income, and savings. It is hard to plan your finances when you don't really know where to begin, and this is where most people go the traditional budget route and start writing all their expenses and income down on paper. However, it has been shown that budgeting is not the whole ...
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Why Dealing with Payday Loan Debt Yourself Could Lead to Serious Problems
The relatively recent phenomenon of the payday loan has caused much heartache and suffering for millions of hard-working people in the UK. The problem has grown over time because of the banking crisis and the consequential downturn in the economy. Faced with the prospect of balancing their books, traditional banks and financial institutions have ...
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Stop the Government from Stealing My Retirement!
Stop the government from stealing my retirement! There is little known provision of Social Security called Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) that reduces your benefits. If you receive a pension based on earnings from any organization outside of Social Security and Social Security benefits, you will become familiar with this provision very ...
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