I do a ton of shopping on Amazon and we have Amazon Prime because it’s freaking awesome. One of the things that is less awesome is how often they pitch the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card. I understand why they do it because credit cards are big business and at least they’re offering […]
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Spring is in full swing, and it’s time to smell the roses. But if you’re as cheap as me, a florist’s bill smells anything but sweet. I adore flowers, but I don’t love pricey bouquets or stinky week-old flowers that attract gnats. Fortunately for my budget, I’ve found a few ways to hack flowers to […]
Enjoy My Laundry List of Failures – A Peek at My Failure Resume
I haven’t updated my resume in over a decade. Today, that’s going to change. But it’s not going to change in the way you think – I’m going to create a failure resume. A failure resume is exactly what it says – it’s when you list your career and personal failures. It’s not a new […]
PeerStreet Review: Invest in Commercial Loans with $1,000 Minimums
I’ve invested in real estate before. With less than stellar results. It was a small little partnership that invested in single family homes in Kansas City. The homes were very small, in a blue collar neighborhood, and things were fine when they were fine. We had a partner on the ground managing it but eventually […]
How to Find Your Bank’s Routing Number
Your bank’s routing number is important because it’s the key to knowing where to send and receive money. If you want to find your routing number, the easiest way is to find one of your personal checks. There are a lot of numbers on a check. Let me steal this image of a check from […]
These 5 Research Studies Will Forever Change The Way You Spend Money
For nearly ten years, we do the same exact thing every New Year’s Eve – we rent a large vacation house with our friends. It started as a reunion of sorts and, as each of our families grew, evolved into a four-day vacation rental. The first year we rented a house that had just four […]
Discover Bank Online Savings Account Review
Discover is a company that has been around for decades. Most people know about the Discover Card, first introduced in 1985 by Sears. At the time, it was novel because it had no annual fee and offered cardholders a higher than average credit limit. Back then, credit cards were special. Companies hadn’t realized how much […]
100+ Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free, Organized by Day of Week!
Everybody’s trying to save a buck these days. But hey, sometimes you want to treat yourself to a decent meal at a restaurant. If you have kiddos, though, you know how easily the bill multiplies when you add mac ‘n’ cheese and chicken strips into the picture. If you’re a busy parent who wants to […]
Best FIRE (Financial Independence, Early Retirement) Blogs You Shouldn’t Miss
Behind every mainstream story about a couple retiring in their 30s and traveling the world is a story of struggle, sacrifice, and smart trade-offs. The idea that you could retire early, that is to say before you were in your 60s, has been around for centuries. This History of F.I.R.E. published on Rockstar Finance is […]
ACS/Conduent Loan Servicing Problems – How to Avoid & Fix Them
Over 15 years ago, I graduated college with $35,000 of student loan debt. It was a mixture of different types of loans but I was able to consolidate them into a single fixed rate, somewhere in the 3% range, and serviced by ACS Education Services. ACS, short for Affiliated Computer Services, recently changed their name […]
12 Clever Places to Donate Your Used Old Books
If you’re like me, you know there’s nothing quite like cracking open a book. For decades us bookworms have amassed impressive collections of books to expand our small slice of the world. However, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with books. I used to have an entire room in my house just for my books. It […]