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A Comprehensive Guide to the Debt Snowball Method

If you're trying to pay off a stack of debts, the snowball method can give you the motivation you need to knock them all out. Learn how.

5 Jobs That Pay Over $50K and Don't Require a Bachelor's Degree

If the high cost of college is keeping you away, don't worry; you won't need a degree for one of these well-paying jobs.

How to Win a Fraud Dispute With Your Credit Card Company

Thanks to the Fair Credit Billing Act, the law's on your side when it comes to fraudulent card account charges. Here's how to protect your rights (and your wallet).

5 Easy Ways to Add $50 to Your Pocket

Hey, we'd all like some extra cash. Try these five simple tricks, each of which can make your wallet $50 fatter.

10 Ways to Reuse Buttons

If you have a veritable flood of fasteners hanging around your house, use those extra buttons in one of these fun, creative projects.

Save Hundreds on Back to School Shopping with These Credit Card Tricks

If you're dreading the expense of back to school shopping, these credit cards tips can help you big!

9 Ways to Improve Your Life This Weekend

Being a weekend warrior can be a heck of a lot more than a landscaping project. Try one of these activities for a long-term ROI that will make your life better.

5 Ways to Make Extra Income Online Today

These five quirky websites can help you generate some extra income with skills and stuff you already have.

25 Easy Ways to Make Your Life More Interesting

It's easy to get trapped in a humdrum routine. Shake things up with one or more of these simple activities, lessons, experiments, and adventures.

9 Car Parts That Are Safe to Buy Used

Before your car repair bill drives off with your hard-earned money, consider lowering costs with some cheaper (and still reliable) used parts.

I Just Think Things Should Work Properly too, Mr. Dyson. UPDATED 7/7/09

I don’t own a lot of stuff that’s considered top of the line. Hardly anything in fact. But I do have the “Rolls Royce” of vacuum cleaners – The Dyson DC14 Complete (well, it was to

This Is How You Rent Your Place on Airbnb — and Succeed

A Wise Bread writer and super-successful micro-subletter shares tips and advice on living large on a small hospitality business — and you can too.

Solving a Debt Dilemma with Debt Settlement

Paying half a bill is better than paying it all. But is going to a debt settlement company the way to do it? Understand how these companies work, then decide for yourself.

5 Money Ratios to Live By

These five money ratios answer questions about spending on housing, saving, engagement rings, retirement, and investing.

5 Free Wesabe Alternatives | Goodbye Wesabe

The Wesabe free online personal finances tool will shut down effective July 31st, 2010.  If you are a Wesabe user, you have until then to download all of your data.&nb

Little Old Lady Recipes: Classic Frugal Cooking

Our grandmothers didn't just know how to make delicious, simple food; they also knew how to make it darn frugal, as our Senior Editor shows in her book.

The 5 Best Hair Curlers

To get perfect curls that last, not any hair curler will do. You need one of these best five hair curlers.

10 Ways to Spot a Motivated Seller

The housing market is currently red-hot, but that doesn't mean you can't strike a deal. Keep your eyes peeled for signs a seller really wants to sell.

Opting out of the money economy

It's a quirk of mine that I've always found the idea of opting out of the money economy to be interesting.

Ask the Readers: What Are Your Favorite Fall Activities?

Tell us about your favorite fall activities and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!