Finding the right tablet for reading all your favorite books isn't easy, but it can be. Use any of these e-readers and you can be the bookworm you've always wanted to be.
Doing for yourself--cooking your own meals, making your own clothes, growing your own vegetables, playing your own music, baking your own bread--is sometimes justified on the groun
Many online retailers across the web offer free shipping and online discounts, but you have to know where to go to get these offers. Here's a place you can go.
As with many overpriced services, getting a better deal on pay-TV isn't hard. Just call armed with better competitive offers and threaten to leave. I did it on-camera in this story
You know you should have healthy habits, but they're hard to keep. But what if a healthy lifestyle could save you hundreds of dollars a year? Here's how.
Apartment living can be challenging enough, but the often-maligned studio has its own special concerns. Use these tips to make the most of your four walls.
Last year, homebuyer tax credits helped boost the real estate market. Until April 30, certain service members can still take advantage of this benefit.
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The 5 Best E-readers
Finding the right tablet for reading all your favorite books isn't easy, but it can be. Use any of these e-readers and you can be the bookworm you've always wanted to be.
The mystery shopping scam that could cost you a fortune.
For many years now, thousands of folks have been earning a little extra cash by doing Mystery Shopping (aka Secret Shopping). [more]
Sweeping 101: What the Real Winners Know
Hi, my name is Linsey, and I’m a sweeper. [more]
The Best Way to Freeze Produce and Meat
Pinch pennies while doing your part to stop food waste. Learn how to freeze everything from cheese to fruit.
The many reasons--besides frugality--to do for yourself
Doing for yourself--cooking your own meals, making your own clothes, growing your own vegetables, playing your own music, baking your own bread--is sometimes justified on the groun
Do This If You Have Too Much Credit Card Debt
Step one? Stop digging! Step two? Develop smart spending and saving habits, like these, to get on top of your debt — and stay there.
10 Ways to Boost Your Take-Home Pay
Getting a new job isn't the only way to make more money — discover great ways to start bringing home more bacon.
My 2016 Budget Challenge: How to Buy a House When You Live Paycheck to Paycheck
Max shares what she learned about compound savings while saving for a house — and how she's using those lessons in this year's budget challenge.
How to Get Free Shipping and Online Discounts Across the Web
Many online retailers across the web offer free shipping and online discounts, but you have to know where to go to get these offers. Here's a place you can go.
6 Thinking Skills Frugal People Should Master
You may be a smart shopper, but thinking frugally is much more than setting your sights on the lowest prices and clearance racks.
Thirteen Minutes to a Lower Cable Bill
As with many overpriced services, getting a better deal on pay-TV isn't hard. Just call armed with better competitive offers and threaten to leave. I did it on-camera in this story
Five Tips to Sell Any Home Fast
No matter the market, if you use these five steps, you'll sell your home fast.
How Being Healthy Saves You Money (and Why Bad Health Habits Cost You)
You know you should have healthy habits, but they're hard to keep. But what if a healthy lifestyle could save you hundreds of dollars a year? Here's how.
7 Popular Vacation Spots That Aren't Worth the Money (and Where to Go Instead)
If you've chosen any of these overhyped destinations for your next vacation, prepare to be underwhelmed (and overcharged).
The 8 Types of Bad Bosses — And How to Survive Them
The "bad boss" turns an otherwise good job into a nightmare. But if you know how to deal, you can survive … and even thrive!
34 Ways to Come Up With the Rent Before the Month Ends
Tight on cash? There are plenty of ways to get that rent money before the 1st of the month.
4 Steps to Absorb the Cost of an at-Home Lifestyle
If you home-educate, work from home, or even just have a large family living together, it can wear your house — and your budget — out fast.
Studio Apartment Living: A 5-Point Survival Guide
Apartment living can be challenging enough, but the often-maligned studio has its own special concerns. Use these tips to make the most of your four walls.
Military Members Can Still Utilize Homebuyer Tax Credits
Last year, homebuyer tax credits helped boost the real estate market. Until April 30, certain service members can still take advantage of this benefit.
12 Hidden Costs of a New Job
You landed the new job and you're getting a raise — Yay! Now, how much will your new job really cost you? Make sure you understand these costs.