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Best Money Tips: Most Profitable Plants for Small Gardens

Find out which plants can maximize the savings grown in your small garden, three creative uses for aspirin, eight legal ways to sell your body, and more!

Travel and Money: Carrying Decoy Wallets

Here’s a technique for protecting your cash — and your identity — from being stolen in one fell swoop when you're traveling.

The 5 Best Reusable Straws

Finding drinking straws worth keeping isn't easy, but it can be. Use any of these reusable straws and your drinks will always be ready to sip.

6 Ways to Earn Extra Holiday Cash

With all the gifts you'd like to buy, the most wonderful time of the year can be expensive. Here's how to pick up some side cash to fatten your wallet this holiday season.

How to Cash In On Getting Bumped From a Flight

Nobody wants to get bumped from a flight, unless there's a way to make some serious cash from it.

Best Money Tips: Surprising Things You Can Rent

Today we found some stellar articles on surprising things you can rent, tricking your brain and building wealth, and strategies to retire early.

Fitness For People Who Hate Exercise

Working out at a gym is an effective way to get fit, but it can sure be dull. Here are some alternative exercise routines to keep your heart pumping without boring you to tears.

The Fallacy of Multitasking

Think twice before you put "good at multitasking" on your resume — that just means you're good at being distracted. Here's how to actually work efficiently.

12 Cheap Ways to Make Your Office Look Awesome

Maybe your afternoon productivity slump has nothing to do with with lunch. Perk up your working surroundings and see if you don't perk up, too.

How to Budget Consistently Without a Steady Paycheck

Adapting your finances to the freelance life takes a little finesse. No worries: You can budget like a boss even without a steady income.

21 Personal Finance Lessons From Harry Potter

Muggles, magic...and money? Discover what Harry Potter's adventures can teach us about personal finance.

Beyond Silicon Valley: 7 Side Benefits Your Job Could Offer Soon

Beyond paid vacation days and subsidized health care, the benefits offered by future employers could easily overshadow what we get today.

Where to Do 9 Popular Bucket List Items on a Budget

Don't break the bank to complete your bucket list.

Yes, You Can Pay for Education With an IRA

There's more than one way to help pay for college. This little known tip could save you from taking out student loans.

Everything You Need to Know About Peer-to-Peer Investing With Lending Club

For borrowers, Lending Club offers another funding source. For investors, it's a way to invest in consumer debt. Here's how to get started.

15 Unexpected Expenses of a New Baby

Having a baby is expensive. If you aren't ready for these unexpected costs, your new bundle can be an even bigger blow to your budget.

How to Switch Banks

Getting tired of high ATM fees and no interest on your savings account? Want to switch to a better bank or credit union? Do so in a few easy steps.

Financial Emergencies: How to Weather the Storm

A financial emergency can seem insurmountable — but if you follow these steps, you can get through unscathed.

How to Start Fighting Debt — Today

No matter how big it is, you CAN pay down your debt. Start today — right now! — with this simple action plan.

7 Secret Cheap Steak Cuts You Should Be Asking For

You don’t need to be flush to satisfy a craving for steak. Ask your butcher for one of these cheaper but still delicious cuts instead.