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 […]
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Handcurated List of the Best Chase Sign Up Bonuses in 2019
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 […]
How to Avoid Financial Investment Bubbles
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 […]
CreditWise from Capital One Review
Do you remember those Free Credit Report commercials? They featured a young man playing a guitar singing a jingle about how his poor credit led to so many problems in his life? It was catchy, for sure, but it also came with a catch. When you signed up for your “free” credit report, you also […]
7 Unusual Steps I Took to Save $250,000 in My 20s
Today’s post is a guest contribution from a fellow blogging friend of mine, Sean from The Money Wizard. When he approached me about sharing his journey to building an early retirement portfolio, I was intrigued because he comes from the financial world. It’s a world where people celebrate high salaries, high expenditures, and retiring early […]
6 Ways to Make Money Playing Video Games
Every now and again you read an article, or see something on the social media, bragging about making money playing video games. Sometimes you hear about it through word-of-mouth. But is it really a thing? Can you really make money? It is possible, but there are some caveats. First, banish any idea from your mind […]
5 Common Myths About Renter’s Insurance (#3 Might Scare You)
Years ago, when we had a lot of friends living in downtown Baltimore, they’d routinely get their cars broken into. It got so bad for one of my friends that she left her car unlocked with a note telling potential thieves that it was unlocked (and empty). It was cheaper than replacing broken windows all […]
The Cheapest Overnight Shipping Options: USPS vs. UPS vs. FedEx
When you need a document or a package to get somewhere tomorrow, it can get really expensive. Sometimes you have to ask yourself if you really truly need it to be there the next day, or if you only need it to be postmarked by today. For example, if you mail your tax return, you […]
How to Prevent Your Packages Being Stolen over the Holidays
Package theft is a huge problem around the holidays. It’s so huge that police in New Jersey have teamed up with Amazon to deliver “fake” packages with real GPS transponders. They’re doing it areas with a lot of package theft and it’s designed to catch “porch pirates.” Porch pirates are thieves who steal packages off […]
TD Bank Promotions: Up to $300 in Sign-up Bonus Offers
Are you in the market for a checking account and considering TD Bank? They’d like to sweeten the deal for you with a pair of checking account promotions that are among the richest we’ve seen for a checking account. The terms are fairly simple for both – open an account and receive direct deposits. The […]
4 Startup Companies Giving Away Free Shares of Stock
For decades, companies have been giving away free stuff to get you to try their service. Brokers, like E*Trade, would offer hundreds of free trades within a fixed window whenever you signed up. Their latest advertised offer seems to be 60 days of commission-free trades. It’s a nice offer, but what if I don’t want […]