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Best Ways to Save Money That Are Easy and Automatic

Have you ever considered some of the best ways to save money?  Saving money often depends on ways to make it easy and automatic. People don’t often save enough when it’s left up to them to decide. Given a decision of spending an extra $100 a month, or saving it, most of the time it will [...]

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Time for Cheaper Electricity Bills | Save Money!

We finally had a touch of cooler weather this week in the Dallas Metroplex.  Throwing on a sweatshirt and considering turning on the heat prompted me to think about ways we can experience cheaper electricity bills this winter. There’s a lot of good advice out there to save money and cut the cost of your [...]

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Back-To-School Shopping Tips to Save Money

It’s that time of year again when parents are getting their kids ready to go back-to-school.  In the past few years we’ve joined the back-to-school spending season when our daughter started attending pre-school and now she is getting ready for kindergarten.  Obviously, when school starts there is a need for clothing and school supplies. Back [...]

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Tips to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill

I’m sure I’m not the first to mention cell phone bills are getting more and more expensive.  I’m a proud user of an iPhone and I’ll be the first to admit it isn’t cheap.  But, I do love it.  It provides me all sorts of benefits and efficiencies when it comes to blogging and staying up on [...]

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How to Fix My Slow Computer – DIY to Save Money

Before you shell out $60/hr to get that slow computer repaired, or pay hundreds for a new model, try a few of these tweaks to see if you can increase performance on your own. The majority of these tips are for the Windows operating system (sorry Mac and Linux fans). Defrag Your Hard Drive If [...]

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Save Money with Do-It-Yourself Jobs

Most people are looking for ways to save money this year to make forward progress on important financial goals such as paying off debt or saving for emergencies. If you’re like a lot of people, you’ve already cut back in spending areas, such as entertainment, that tend to push you over your monthly spending goals. [...]

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Money Saving Advice for Military

May is national Military Appreciation Month!  As a former Captain in the United States Air Force, I can appreciate the service of those who are currently serving or have served in the United States Armed Forces.  While military pay is usually adequate, you won’t get rich from your income.  However, there are plenty of tax [...]

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Cutting Cable Does Save More than Money

A little over 8 months ago, I made the decision to completely cut my cable to save money.  I was paying off debt with gazelle like intensity so I decided to temporarily increase my cash flow and speed up the payoff.  This action instantly added an additional $70 a month to my budget that was [...]

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Budget busters: How to save money and control spending for housing

As a reminder, I’m writing a 3 part series on budget busters.  Crown Financial Ministries defines budget busters as “areas that can result in financial disaster.”  In the introductory article, we identified the 3 largest spending areas of the budget as food, automobiles and housing.  In this final article of the series, we’re going to [...]

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Budget Busters: Save Money on Transportation (Automobiles)

As a reminder, I’m writing a 3 part series on budget busters.  Crown Financial Ministries defines budget busters as “areas that can result in financial disaster.”  In the introduction article, we identified the 3 largest spending areas of the budget as food, transportation and housing.  In this article, we’re going to look at 10 strategies for [...]

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Budget Busters Series: Save Money on Food, Housing & Transportation

Have you ever busted your budget?  In other words, have you ever had an expense so large it took a significant portion of your paycheck each month?  You may have found it difficult to pay bills.  Or, after paying bills, you might have not had any money left for other expenses or entertainment. Outside of [...]

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10 Smart Money Moves to Save Money and Put Your Finances in Order

Are you ready to finally put your personal finances in order and save some money in 2010?  Or, perhaps you need to streamline some weak areas? In this post I provide you 10 money tips that anyone can easily act upon.  You just need to get started.  If you’re ready to make a difference on your financial [...]

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