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2014, February
2014, January
- Can You Shop at Costco without a Membership? Yes! Here is How (Updated for 2024)
- Direct Stock Purchase Plans (DSPP) & DRIP’s: An Overview
- Healthcare.gov Prices are in. Here’s What I Found
- Should you Contribute to a 401K or IRA when in Debt? Apply the 5% Cutoff Rule
- The Greatest Undocumented Investment Bubble in Modern History
- Make Online Purchases without THIS Rewards Card? You’re Losing Money
- Choosing Part-Time
- Fixed Vs. Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARM’s): Which is Better?
- How Does your Credit & Credit Score Compare to the Averages?
- Beware of Threatening Auto Insurance Letter on Coordination of Health Insurance for Personal Injury Protection
- Can you Deduct Job Search Expenses? (Updated for 2023 & 2024)
- The Current “State of Retirement” for Gen X & Y
- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp (PBGC): How it Impacts You
- FSA Carryover Rule: 2023 & 2024 FSA Maximum Carry Over Details
- PPO vs. HDHP Costs & Savings (Year 2 After the Switch to an HDHP)
- Is Organic Food a “Luxury”?
- Why Personal Finance is so Taboo
- Cheap Vs. Quality & Quality Vs. Luxury
- How Much Should I Save?
- Are Moving Expenses Tax Deductible? (Updated 2023 & 2024)
- Automatic “Gratuity” is a “Service Charge” Wage According to IRS
- The Obamacare Marketplace Exchange Guide
- 5 Core Values of the Happy, Wealthy, & Wise
- Does it Make Sense to Pay the Obamacare Penalty Tax on the Individual Mandate?
- The Top 1% and Income Inequality in the U.S.
- How to Get a Job when you have no Experience (or are Unemployed)
- Defined Benefit Vs. Defined Contribution Retirement Plans
- Dating & Financial Compatibility: Sould you Drop a Financial Deadbeat?
- Do you NEED Renter’s Insurance?
- Make your Clothes Last Longer with these 10 Tips
- Should I Save for a Home or Retirement?
- The Value of Work & Status to the American Identity
- IRS Now Recognizes Same-Sex Marriages for Federal Tax Purposes
- Summer of Saving is Over. A Recap & Next Steps
- How to Make your Own Non-Toxic Cleaning Products
- How to Detect & Fix a Leaky Toilet
- Zen and the Art of DIY Home Maintenance & Repair
- How to Homebrew & Cut the Cost of Beer
- How to Cut your Own Hair (The Tools, Process, & Cost Savings)
- Insource your Way to Financial & Life Fulfillment
- How to Save on Auto Insurance: 11 Auto Insurance Discounts to Look in to
- The Most Powerful Tool to Cut Miles Driven, Gas, & Vehicle Costs (and it’s Free)
- Bike Maintenance 101: Get the Right Tools & Learn These 4 Skills
- Bike Commuter Gear & Tips To Enhance your Safety & Enjoyment
- Traditional & Roth IRA Income Limits (Updated for 2024 & 2025)
- How to Find the Best Commuter Bike for You
- Choosing a Residence that Strategically Cuts Commuting Costs
- Serious About Savings? Get Rid of your Car
- Transportation Costs in the U.S.: The 2nd Highest Expense Category
- Save 6% of your Home Price when Selling For Sale by Owner
- 7 Reasons to Not Buy a Home
- Buy a House for the Mortgage Tax Deduction? Not so Fast
- 15 vs. 30 Year Mortgage: In an Infographic
- Your Home is NOT an Investment
- Calculate the “Total Cost of Homeownership” Before Buying
- Downsizing your Home: The Highest Impact Financial Move you can Make
- Rent or Buy? Look at the Price to Rent Ratio First
- The Average Cost of Housing & Why it Can Make or Break your Finances
- The 7 Minute Workout
- 4 Ways to Cut your Medical Bills
- 8 Food Rules to Improve your Health & Save you Money
- Preventative Health Care: A Matter of Choice
- Finding Affordable Health Insurance
- 6 Cheap & Easy Ways to Cut your Heating & Cooling Bills
- Saving on your Water Bill: 5 Quick, Easy, & Cheap Changes to Make
- 4 Things Everyone Should do to Save Electricity
- The Best & Cheapest MVNO Prepaid Wireless Plans (No Contract)
- The REAL Lifetime Cost of a Smartphone Plan
- Get Rid of your Landline or ISP VOIP. Now! Here’s How.
- Getting the Cheapest High Speed Internet
- Cutting the Cord: Alternatives to Cable TV
- Cutting Monthly Recurring Utility & Entertainment Expenses
- Cheap Meals: What are your Favorite Cheap Dinner Recipes?
- Cheap Meals: What are your Favorite Cheap Lunch Recipes?
- Cheap Meals: What are Your Favorite Cheap Breakfast Recipes?
- What are the Best Warehouse Deals You’ve Found?
- Want to Lower your Food Costs? Become a Vegetarian
- How to Save Money on Food & Groceries: Your Secret Weapon
- Summer of Saving: 4 Months, 60+ Posts, All Geared to Saving you Money (HUGE Announcement)
- Roth vs. Traditional Retirement Accounts: Why Roths are Not Always the Clear Winner
- Want to Get a Sneak Peek at what your Health Insurance Premiums Might be Under Obamacare?
- Average Tax Refund: How Does This Year Stack Up to the Historical Average?
- FDIC Insurance: What it is, How Much is it, & Who is Covered?
- Is “The College Experience” Worth the Price? It’s Debate Time…
- The Top 10 Cheapest Cities for New College Grads (& Everyone Else)
- The Retirement Gamble: Why Low-Cost Indexing Reduces your Risk
- Watering my Lawn had MULTIPLIED my Total Water Usage!
- The Perfect Stock
- Why the Name of this Blog was an Epic FAIL… but that’s OK
- A Letter to the Management of Companies with Hated Customer Service
- The 4 Reactions to Frugality & Why Spending Can Only Take you so Far
- How to Make a Duct Tape Wallet for $0.50
- Only You Can Prevent Tax Refund Windfall Syndrome
- Where Should you Put Money Gifted to your Children?
- Take the Best Job you Can Get & Worry About the Rest Later
- Coverdell Education Savings Account Overview & Comparison to 529 Plans (for 2023 & 2024)