Credit • Debt • Finances & Money
18 years ago • Comments
Heather P. Johnson is a freelance writer, as well as a contributor for Credit Card Lowdown, a site for finding credit card reviews. Heather invites your comments and freelancing job opportunities at her email address: … [Read more...] about 12 Tips for Saving Money in College
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Here's another helpful tip from the folks at J.K. Lasser (with some extra links added by Clever Dude) Need more time to file? Forget to claim deduction or report income? Want to know more about those rebate checks? Faced a foreclosure? … [Read more...] about Attention All Tax Procrastinators!!! A Few Things to Know for April 15th
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Over this past weekend, I began work on the first of 3 planned retaining walls at our home. The first wall is a "practice run" since it's small (about 50 bricks) and easier to pull apart and put back together. However, it's not going to be a cheap … [Read more...] about Buying Bulk Gravel
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Stacie wrote an excellent "Spring Cleaning Your Kitchen" post today teaching us when we can keep and when we should throw out various types of frozen, fresh, canned and bottled foods PLUS herbs and seasonings! If you ever wondered how long you can … [Read more...] about Rules for Spring Cleaning Your Fridge and Cupboards
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I guess I'm on a roll here. First I warned you of pseudo-closed credit cards, and then phantom savings accounts. Now I want to warn you about a more diabolic plot to get your money: Hidden "Bonus Gifts". We've been subscribers of Runner's World … [Read more...] about Beware of Hidden “Bonus Gifts”
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Since I've entered my email address when renting at Redbox before, I was lucky enough to receive the following notice from Redbox about potential card skimming activities at a few of their units. One thing to note is they only found it one of their … [Read more...] about Credit Card Skimming at Redbox Stations
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Hot on the heels of my warning about closed credit cards comes my own personal experience with a phantom savings account with Bank of America. Yesterday, I opened a letter from Bank of America that turned out to be a bank statement for the savings … [Read more...] about Beware the Almost Closed Bank Account!
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We're in the final homestretch of paying off Stacie's student loan. I made some serious payments in the last 30-40 days to get it down from $3100 left to $963 remaining (as you can see from the debt scale on the right sidebar). And to just think … [Read more...] about Stacie’s Student Loan and Other Debt Status
