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Best Money Tips: 100+ Ways to Make $100 Fast

Today we found over 100 ways to make $100 fast, ways to use up leftover Halloween candy, and how to have fun and save money in November.

Mend a Broken Heart Without Breaking the Bank

If you and your significant other recently called it kaput, don’t bury yourself in spending sprees — try some of these frugal self-help therapies instead.

Solve Problems, Study, and Brainstorm using Mind Maps

Mind Mapping is a creative process used to accomplish and enhance tasks that may otherwise be boring or difficult. You can transform the way you study, take notes, brainstorm, and

Big Lessons From the Tiny House Movement

Imagine life without a mortgage or an overstuffed attic. Even if we don't live in one, tiny houses can teach us a lot about consumption, debt, and simplicity.

Ask the Readers: How Do You Save on Summer Travel?

Tell us how you save on summer travel and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!

4 Tax Deductions New Homeowners Shouldn't Skip

New homeowners can get a leg up on their tax bill, so long as they remember to claim these huge deductions.

How to Find the Best Stuff at HomeGoods

Whether you're a HomeGoods newbie or already love the store, here's how to find the best bargains on the best home furnishings.

Ask the Readers: What Is Your Best Spring Cleaning Tip?

Tell us your best spring cleaning tip and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!

Best Money Tips: Ways to Earn Some Extra Income

Today we found some great articles on ways to earn some extra income, making LinkedIn more useful in landing a job, and a different perspective on retirement.

Which Retirement Account Is Right for You?

We all know that saving for retirement is of key importance. But how do you pick the right plan for you?

Use only what you need

That’s the advice from a beautifully-executed campaign from Denver Water, right here in my own backyard of Colorado. The campaign (created by Sukle Advertising, a very smart, strat

Why "Opportunity" Funds Are the New Emergency Funds

Sometimes the only thing between saving a lot and saving nothing at all is a turn of phrase.

Landscaping for Energy Conservation

Over time, investing in green landscaping can reduce your heating bills as much as 25 percent and summer cooling bills by 50 percent or more.

Best Money Tips: Ways to Lower Car Insurance Rates

Today we found some great articles on ways to lower car insurance rates, the best mobile apps for personal finance, and traits common of most millionaires.

Hands in Your Pocket: The Cost of Standby Power - Environmental and Otherwise

Go check your electricity meter box. Is the wheel turning and clicking over, recording your power usage? Probably. Now go back inside, and turn everything off. The lights, the coff

What to Do If You Didn't Save for Your Child's College

The best time to start saving for your child's education was 18 years ago. If you missed out, there are still ways to help them afford college.

If You Won The Lottery, You Would...

What would you do if you had all the money you needed for you, your children, your children's children, and so on? Would you drop everything and retire or would you keep working? I

Conspicuous Spending: Fading to Black

In the black community and many other communities there is a sense that material possession and flair denotes character, accomplishment and power. It's a poor dad mentality and a

Escape Your Dying Industry With One of These 8 Careers, Instead

Stuck in a dying industry? Consider switching to a job with a brighter future.

13 Ways to Come Out of Christmas With a Healthier Savings Account

The holidays are tough on the budget and on savings. Come out ahead this year with these creative income boosts and cost cutters.