Strategies & tactics to get ahead financially & in life
If you’re looking for a few good ideas on how to make money fast, you’re in the right place. I’ve compiled a list of the fastest ways to make money online. These are not loans or grants, no applications or approvals necessary. These are money earning opportunities that you can start and complete within a […]
It used to be that you need coins all the time. If you used a laundromat, you needed quarters to run the machine. If you went on a toll road, you needed coins to pay the toll. If you parked at a meter, you needed coins to pay the meter. Nowadays, many of those places […]
When it comes to being environmentally friendly, we try to do as much as we can within reason. We recycle, we drive our hybrid vehicles sparingly and avoid relying too heavily on our heating and cooling systems throughout the year. When I was researching electricity suppliers, which is a great way to save money on […]
No matter what you feel about breakfast, whether you love it or hate it, it’s hard to argue that breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day. It’s certainly in the top three. 🙂 So it stands to reason that if you’re going to stay at a hotel, it’d be nice to […]
In another life, I wrote process management software for large organizations in the government. These organizations had processes that “evolved” out of years of personal relationships and massive three-ring binders. (It wasn’t until that job that I learned Excel spreadsheets had limits to the rows and columns in a sheet!) The processes had become extremely […]
Passive income is the dream. It is said that millionaires have seven streams of income and I personally believe income streams free you from the shackles of employment. But passive income can be a little… irregular. Irregular income isn’t an issue if you know how to handle it, but why build a passive income system […]
How much of my monthly budget should I be spending on food? Am I eating out too much? What about rent? Am I spending too much on rent or maybe utilities? These are all difficult questions. It’s hard to know if we’re spending too much or too little, unless we’re constantly in the red, but […]
One of the new trends in credit cards is making the card out of materials other than plastic. I was hanging out with a friend when he paid for his part of the bill with an American Express Platinum Card. It caught my eye because it didn’t look like your typical credit card. Much like […]
JPMorgan Chase Bank is one the largest banks in the United States on any number of statistical measures. According to the Federal Reserve, they are largest by total assets with $2.1 trillion. They got there because they offer some of the most attractive sign-up promotions in the market. Whether it’s for their credit cards or […]
We are wonderfully predictable creatures, aren’t we? 🙂 We love to gamble. We love the get rich quick story. We love the lottery. We love the rags to riches story so much that it is the basis of many classic stories. And no one likes to gamble, get rich quick, or play the lottery like […]