How to Rent a Car Without a Credit Card
There is a common misconception that in order to get a rental car you must pay with a credit card. In reality, there are at least two ways to rent a car without a credit card. One is by using a debit...
View Article10 Cheap Summer Activities for Families
Summer is just about here – that time of year when the days are long and your kids have no school to soak up their time and excess energy. What to do? So many activities are quite expensive, especially...
View ArticleFHA Ending Mortgage Insurance Cancelation Ability
This year, along with a number of other significant changes, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has put an end to the decade-long provision that allows for mortgage insurance cancel-ability. That...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Having a Patient Advocate
Most of us only have a vague understanding of the healthcare system. It’s not just the incredible number of therapies, treatments, and procedures that are within the realm of possibilities, but also...
View Article10 Tips for “Keeping the Books” at Church
A reader recently requested that we provide an article that addresses the following question: “I have volunteered to do the financial books for my church. Could you maybe address some tips or...
View ArticleHow to Protect Your Money from Creditors and Lawsuits
Every year in the United States there are millions of lawsuits. And given that credit reporting agencies operate on a guilty until proven innocent basis, it is becoming increasingly important for you...
View ArticleTipping in Restaurants – How Much Should You Leave?
Do you ever struggle with that question – at least a little bit? Tipping is not a requirement, but a common practice, so we’re largely on our own as to how to handle it. How should we handle it? How do...
View ArticleObamacare Silver Lining: More Jobs?
Love it or hate it, by the first day of 2014, Obamacare will become our new reality. This article is intended to be neither an endorsement nor an indictment of the new health care program. In truth,...
View ArticleDo You Need Supplemental Cancer Insurance?
A reader recently inquired about supplemental cancer insurance (paraphrased): I’ve been reading your posts for about a year, and one topic I would like more insight and counsel on is supplemental...
View Article5 Ways to Get Started Investing Today With Just $100
This isn’t a topic that you will hear much about from your friendly neighborhood investment brokerage. They tend to prefer large investors, for the higher fee income they’ll provide to the broker. But...
View ArticleAre Annuities a Good Investment?
We recently received a request from a longtime reader to provide some information on annuities: I am looking for information on annuities, are they good or bad, and if good which one should I choose:...
View ArticleThe Pros and Cons of Starting a Franchise Business
A 2012 survey found that just 19 percent of workers – less than one in five – are happy with their careers. Another study said a majority of us would like to work for ourselves – but as most of us...
View ArticleHow to Appeal Your Real Estate Taxes
When it comes to taxes, most people are rightly focused on income taxes, especially at this time of the year. But for most people, the second biggest tax you pay are the real estate taxes you pay on...
View ArticleWhat is Medical Tourism . . . and Why is it Becoming Popular?
Rising healthcare costs are forcing modern consumers to search for different ways to reduce expenses and still get the medical service they need. In recent years another solution has appeared. Medical...
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5 DIY Financial Tasks You Should Never Do
DIY (Do-It-Yourself) is a familiar term, especially since it’s thrown around often on the Internet. There are even websites devoted to DIY, covering everything from cooking, to car repairs, to...
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How to find a job by NOT doing what everyone else does
When looking for a job, most candidates try to go through “the front door.” Those are the traditional job-hunting methods people use – blasting out resumes to hundreds of employers, applying “online”...
View ArticleHow to Buy a House on the Courthouse Steps
An old-fashioned term for the process of buying a property in foreclosure, buying a house on the courthouse steps is a way to get a real deal on a house – or to get into real trouble. The Foreclosure...
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3 Ways You Can Become Self-Financing
Millions of people are on a debt treadmill. It starts the first time you swipe a credit card to cover a shortfall in your budget. Do that enough times, and before long you’re working to pay credit...
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6 Online Jobs for College Students
The new college school year is coming up, and with college costs getting higher each year, one of the recurring challenges is trying to find jobs to help finance your education so you don’t have to...
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FiveDollarMission.com: How You Can Support Missionaries for $5/m
If you ever wanted to go on a foreign mission trip, but stopped short of doing it out of fear that you don’t have the money, you can’t raise the money, or that you might be uncomfortable in a foreign...
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