If you’re selling your home, then of course you want to ensure you get as much money back as possible. These 8 tips will be a huge help in ensuring you get what you deserve for your home. Read on to find out what you need to do: 1. Set A Reasonable Starting Price Many...
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How To Get In Good Financial Shape For The New Year
The Turkey sandwiches are all eaten. The Christmas tree is sticking out of the dumpster. And your drinks cabinet is reduced to crème de menthe. It’s January, and the time we all decide which resolution to make a go at. If yours is to improve your financial health, here’s our pain-free workout to save money...
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Struggling to Save for Your Child’s Education? Here are the Golden Rules
pexels Bringing up children is expensive – it costs over a quarter of a million dollars to raise the average child to the age of 18. And there is a lot of pressure for parents to save even more than this by putting money away for their children’s education. But, let’s face it – not...
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The Game Of Money: How Hobbies Can Make Finances Fun
Life’s pretty ridiculous, isn’t it? In fact, the whole thing just feels like one big game sometimes, which kind of got me thinking: What if finances were a game? A video game, to be precise! After all, many people find it hard to engage with stuff like saving and budgeting, and an off-the-wall approach might...
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Real Estate Investment: It’s Not as Scary as You Think!
Investing is really important for you to do these days. You need to make sure you have investment opportunities lined up. Did you know 51% of Americans put off major financial decisions? You have to make sure you aren’t one of them. Investing in the future is important for your family’s financial security. And investment...
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Dodge These Job Issues That Could Cripple Your Finances
It should come as no surprise that your job can and will affect your financial situation. The two go hand in hand with one feeding into the other. If you don’t have a job, your finances are going to take a hit. However, there are certain financial issues caused by careers that people simply do...
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Hidden Secrets to Saving for Retirement
Gone are the days where you worked for a certain number of years and had nothing to worry about when it was time for you to retire. Now, for you to have a nice-size nest egg, you need to start saving for your retirement as soon as you start working your first job. The average...
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Five Clear Signs, You’re Not Ready To Buy Your First Home
Many of us follow traditional career paths. We go through the educational system, eventually concluding by jumping into the world of work. It’s during this period of transition that we start considering where we’re going to live. It’s time to leave the nest, but is renting or buying a home the best option? It all...
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How Should You Celebrate After a Month of Saving?
Image via Flickr This doesn’t happen every year. You don’t get to count many months on your fingers when you have actually gone one up on your expenses. Consider the rent, food bills, electricity bills, entertainment costs, commutation costs, college fees and other debts. Your expenses are always on the rise and it is not...
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ISAs Explained
We would all like ways to maximize our money with a minimal amount of effort, but surprisingly few of us know of one that already exists: the ISA. Although you may be familiar with the term, the chances are that you’re not sure of exactly what it means or the benefits that it encompasses. It’s...