Moving out can be the best and worst time of your life. There are many ways that you can trip up when you are moving out on your own from your parents home for the first time. There are many financial mistakes when you are moving out on your own and moving out for the first time. On one hand, you get unparalleled levels of freedom that you never had living with your parents. Stay up until 3am playing video games? Sure! Drink a cocktail or two after work or school? Why not? But with great freedom comes great responsibility. And, if you’re not … [Read more...] about Top 4 Mistakes to Avoid When You Move Out of Your Parents’ Home
Tipping Tips – Your Excessive Tipping Causes Poor Service
My friend Greg and I were eating at a restaurant the other day when he started complaining about the amount I tipped our server. He thought that it was excessive tipping and accused me of ruining service for the rest of us who would later come into contact with that server. He said it reinforced bad service. I wasn't always excessively tipping servers at restaurants. It was quite the opposite in fact. My wife has changed the way that I tip servers at restaurants. I'll say right up front that I've never worked in the foodservice industry. I … [Read more...] about Tipping Tips – Your Excessive Tipping Causes Poor Service
The Simple Truth on How to Get the Lowest Interest Rate on a Car Loan
The interest rate you get on your car loan can have a significant impact on the amount you will pay over the life of your car. Even a change of 0ne percentage point can bring down your overall costs by thousands of dollars, depending on the terms of your loan and the price of the car. How do you get the lowest interest rate on a car loan? It is important that you do everything you can to bring down the interest rate on your car loan so that you can save money over the life of the loan. Here are a few tips for how to get the lowest interest … [Read more...] about The Simple Truth on How to Get the Lowest Interest Rate on a Car Loan
Are Buying Extended Warranties Worth It or a Waste of Money
Are extended warranties worth it? Retailers are pushing extended warranties with more fervor than ever, and consumers are buying. But in almost every case, they are a bad deal. Extended warranties are everywhere. It seems like every retailer is offering them now, even for purchases as small as a $30 toaster oven. And according to research done by Protect Your Bubble, a third-party gadget insurer, 40 percent of U.S. buyers are taking those stores up on the offers. Sales of extended warranties have seen between 15% and 20% annual growth over … [Read more...] about Are Buying Extended Warranties Worth It or a Waste of Money
How to Run a Household Like a Business and Maintaining a Budget
When you assume the responsibility of running a household, you also must take an accounting of the costs it takes to make a house a home. In effect, how to run a household can be likened to running a business if you want your home life to be successful. That is why budgeting is so important in maintaining your home for you and your family. For example, just like a business, you should take an inventory of all those items you have on hand in your home for insurance and financial purposes. How to Run a Household Like a Business The Importance of … [Read more...] about How to Run a Household Like a Business and Maintaining a Budget
Top 10 Ways to Save Money Eating Out at Restaurants
Are you looking to learn how to save money eating out? My wife and I love to eat out at restaurants. Thanks to a recent look at how I spend my money, 8.8% of my income actually goes towards eating out every month in fact. But, I do not make any apologies for it.
My wife and I simply hate cooking and love eating out at restaurants. It is something that we love to do. So, my wife and I make a conscious effort to budget eating out at restaurants so much.
Restaurants rely on more than ambiance and the aroma of your favorite foods to get you to … [Read more...] about