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Go to Work and Grow Your Financial Security


Working a job that pays you money is your best assurance for financial security. In 2021 manufacturers, construction, transportation companies, any entity that sells products, drivers and almost all employers are begging for workers.

How to Obtain a Non ChexSystems Bank Account Without Being Scammed


Predatory lending exists in the mortgage industry. It's typically when a mortgage broker add's on unnecessary fee's to a bad credit application, because he or she knows that the applicant is in a desperate situation.

Personal Finance - Why You Should Compare, not Despair


Sorting out your personal finances can be a tricky and exasperating time. Whether you are looking to obtain money through a loan, protect your finances with life insurance, medical, travel or car insurance, save some money through an individual savings account (ISA), apply for a credit card or a mortgage, change a telephone or fuel utility supplier, or simply decide what the best current account is for your needs, the choices are seemingly endless as well as being extremely complicated.

Simple Ways to Save Money


Things are so expensive these days. We seem to be hearing, and saying, that a lot lately at the gas pump, in the grocery store and especially when paying bills.

If All Things Are Possible, Why Cant I Balance My Checkbook?


For me, the most terrible time of each month is the day our bank statement comes. We commonly call it BSS (Bank Statement Syndrome).

Students Investing in Their Future Need to Manage Their Finances Today


With the A-level results coming out, the long wait for UK school leavers hoping to go to university will soon be over. All the hard work that has been put into achieving the grades required will now pay off and the fun and freedom that is student life can begin.

Five Secrets for Long-term Financial Success


Future financial success is not a guarantee that any one of us can rely upon, no matter how wealthy we are now or intend to become.There are however five future proofing financial steps that we can take to protect our current financial status, improve our future financial prospects and secure our long-term financial success.

Financing Collectibles for Fun and Profit


With the advent of the internet and especially auction services like those provided by Yahoo and E-bay, serious collectors have much larger arenas in which to buy and sell their wares. This provides the opportunity for quick discovery of hard-to-find items that previously might have taken years to find.

Debt Management - More Ways to Save on Gas Consumption


The price of gas continues to climb, and with continued uncertainty in the Middle East, they will probably continue to do so. In California and elsewhere, prices for some grades of gas have now reached the previously unthinkable three dollars a gallon.

Accessing Funds You Never Knew You Had- Household Utilities and Mortgage Expense Reduction Plan


For most of us the process of getting out of debt and pursuing a venture that would create an income stream leading to early retirement seems just a pipe dream. It goes without saying; it takes money to make money.


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