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On this page we highlight JUST our “SAVE More” segments and blogs
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LINK: Websites that help you find the ideal cash back credit card for you.: When you buy a house, you already feel overwhelmed by how much money you’re parting with. But then, at the settlement table, what’s this? They’re asking you for even MORE money in title fees? FIND More links from Episode 71 of Easy Money: LINK: Use RoyaltyClaim.com to search for unpaid music royalties: www.royaltyclaim.com/#pricing On past podcasts, I have talked about slow, steady ways of improving your credit score like paying down bills and paying them on time. And I’ve talked about fast, flashy ways of improving your credit score, like becoming an authorized user on somebody else’s healthy account or asking creditors to delete single sins that are dragging your score down. Now I want to talk about why you should go to the trouble to take those steps to raise your credit score if it’s not tip top. By tip SAVE More links from Episode 70 of Easy Money: LINK: To find grocery auctions: www.Auctioneers.org. FIND More links from Episode 70 of Easy Money: LINK: To find unclaimed royalties held by SoundExchange:
Yes, I said “grocery auctions.” Weird but real. At a grocery auction, You’ve got the same fast-talking auctioneer, but he’s hawking apples instead of antiques. Amazing! I once attended a grocery auction in New Haven, Indiana for a Good Morning America story. My boss was a former food producer, so we did a LOT of food-related consumer stories at GMA. There were about 500 people at the Indiana auction, a lot considering they were all there through word-of-mouth. Participants told me they SAVE More links from Episode 69 of Easy Money: A software for PC that organizes all of the video out there into channels: PlayOn.tv Save money and get ride of your home phone:
Did you ever notice that some people are what I call “Killer Consumers?” Or, when I’m feeling saucy, I call them “kick-ass consumers.” These are people who make sure they get a fair shake from corporate America and find creative ways to snag deals and save money. Today I want to feature one of these “Killer Consumers,” a guy I’m lucky enough to have as a reader and listener. Please welcome Carl Scheider of Minnesota to Easy Money for today’s Save More segment. Hi Carl! Carl, you First, the vocabulary: Collision is the insurance that pays to repair your car if you’re in an accident. Comprehensive is the insurance that pays to repair your car if it’s damaged some other way, like by fire or other natural disasters. Unlike liability insurance, neither of these is required. Of course, you’ll want them while your vehicle is relatively new and valuable. But later, even insurance agents advise that you can save by dropping them. Here’s what the website
It’s called “Hybrid Moving” and it is our featured “save more” segment of this podcast. In hybrid moving, you rent a moving truck yourself, and hire movers by the hour to load and unload it. My guest is Ryan Charles of HireAHelper.com, a site where you can find those hourly movers. Welcome to Easy Money, Ryan. OK, so who are the helpers on HireAHelper? TOP TIP links from Episode 67 of Easy Money: LINK: Join Godiva’s membership club, for all sorts of freebies here: www.godiva.com/get-chocolate-rewards SAVE More links from Episode 67 of Easy Money: LINK: MAKE More links from Episode 67 of Easy Money: Link: FIND More links from Episode 66 of Easy Money: Search for your unclaimed money: missingmoney.com Find your unclaimed property: www.unclaimed.org MAKE More links from Episode 66 of Easy Money: Take a look at freelancer.com‘s top 50 fastest-growing freelance jobs: Selling your house yourself is not easy, but it’s not that hard. I helped my husband sell his house without an agent, and I bought and sold my condo without one. FSBOs work best if you have a cool head and a hot housing market. Kyle, I pored over your blog posts about Amazon hacks and I’m going to share some of my favorites and then have you explain them. So, your first tip: DON’T ALWAYS TRUST AMAZON search results. What do you mean? FIND More links from Episode 64 of Easy Money: HUD web page to search for unclaimed FHA refunds: I’ve got lots of fancy tips for saving on car insurance, like dropping your collision and comprehends coverage or raising your deductible. But those take vocabulary lessons and some thought. So here’s car insurance savings 101: Consider buying your car insurance where you buy your bulk toilet paper: a warehouse club. SAVE More links from Episode 63 of Easy Money: Cancer patient access to clinical trails: www.lazarex.org A list of other organizations that provide various kinds of financial support to cancer patients and their families: NIH has a similar web Being diagnosed with a disease is not only devastating to your health and emotions, it can also wreak havoc on your finances. But there are groups out there that will help patients out in these circumstances, and sometimes even pick up the tab. That is our featured “save more” segment of this podcast and for this one, I have 2 guests. In a moment, we’ll speak with Mike Snyder, a cancer survivor, who found paying for his cancer treatment almost as stressful as the disease itself. But FIND More links from Episode 62 of Easy Money: Search for your unclaimed money: missingmoney.com Here at Easy Money we love cheap and the only thing we love more than cheap is free! So in today’s save more segment we’ve got some of both. The savvy editors at Consumers Checkbook magazine pored over the fine print of credit card contracts, warehouse club memberships, health insurance plans and more to find amazing freebies and cheapies and today we’re tapping into their knowledge. Please welcome Kevin Brasler, Executive Editor of Consumers Checkbook, back to Easy Money. Why do MAKE More links from Episode 61 of Easy Money: Take a look at Bankrate’s top list of saving accounts: bit.ly/2N78wKH Check out Credit Union to avoid checking account fees:
I want to talk about Catch Up Contributions for your IRA or 401k. To be clear, this time when I say “save more” I mean “save more for retirement,” rather than saving money on products or services. “Catch Up Contributions” are not just slang, they’re a government program that allows people 50 or older to contribute extra to their IRAs and 401Ks. Catch up contributions also apply FIND More links from Episode 60 of Easy Money: Search for your unclaimed money: missingmoney.com Find your unclaimed property: www.unclaimed.org How to pay cash for a car, thus saving interest payments that can add up to thousands of dollars. SAVE More links from Episode 59 of Easy Money: Buy Michelle Katz’s Newest Book: Healthcare Made Easy: TOP TIP I want to talk about how to save big bucks if and when you have to go to the emergency room. It’s probably inevitable —especially if you have kids— but it doesn’t have to be ultra expensive. There are all sorts of strategies for saving, even in the midst of a tense situation. My guest is Michelle Katz, otherwise known as “Nurse Katz.” Michelle is a trained nurse, a healthcare advocate and the author of several books about saving money on healthcare, most recently,
Thousands of homes will become available for sale through foreclosure this year —or any year. And while it’s a hardship for the families who lose their homes, it can be an opportunity for others to buy a house at a bargain. It’s sort of the cycle of life. SAVE More links from Episode 57 of Easy Money: Learn more about saving on interest charges: www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/help/micropayments-cut-down-credit-card-debt-6000.php FIND More links from Episode 56 of Easy Money: Search for your unclaimed money: missingmoney.com Find your unclaimed property: www.unclaimed.org MAKE More links from Episode 56 of Easy Money: Wage growth chart for job hopping: www.businessinsider.com/earn-more-money-switching-jobs-2017-7 When most people talk about ways to save money, they use phrases like “tightening your belt” and suggest strategies like skipping your daily latte or brown bagging your lunch. That’s all fine, but most people don’t talk about the biggest money-saver of all: improving your credit score. That is our featured save more segment of this podcast. Raising your score lowers the interest rate you are charged for loans, which can easily save you 5 or 6 figures in interest on credit cards, car SAVE More links from Episode 54 of Easy Money: Prepare to negotiate and check the rental market where you live: Know what similar apartments cost: FIND Yours links from Episode 54 of Easy Money: Search for your unclaimed money:
“Hi, this is Makenna from Phoenix. I’m in college and renting an apartment is my one big expense. Even though I work two jobs, I find the rent painful to pay. I’ve heard you can negotiate for a lower rent, but I have no idea where to start and I feel awkward asking my landlord. Can you give me some advice on this?” Great question, Makenna! I give a lot of strategies on Easy Money for homeowners to save money and I don’t want to leave out renters, so I’m glad you asked. You’re MAKE More links from Episode 53 of Easy Money: Net metering policies in your state:
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At my own house, I kept thinking I would switch over completely once I had used up all of my old incandescent bulbs, but when I did the math, I was amazed to learn I would save more by ditching those old bulbs —or maybe donating them— than by using them up. FIND Yours links from Episode 51 of Easy Money: MAKE More links from Episode 51 of Easy Money: I want to tell you about all the money you can save through pill splitting —which you may have heard of— but also pill growing, which you probably haven’t because I made up that term! I don’t know why, but many medications cost the same amount regardless of the number of milligrams in each tablet. It’s weird. The pharmaceutical company is giving you more –sometimes twice as much– of its prized compound, but doesn’t charge you much –if any– extra for MAKE More links from Episode 50 of Easy Money: SAVE More links from Episode 50 of Easy Money: If you send your children to private school, you can now use money saved in a 529 plan to pay their kindergarten through 12th grade tuition. FIND Yours links from Episode 49 of Easy Money: The actual website of the Roundup class action: What if you could get all of the beautiful clothes you could ever want for low or NO cost? That is our featured “save more” segment of this podcast. My guest says she has not purchased a new piece of clothing in 20 years and yet she’s a well-dressed woman. Please welcome Kate Bryer to Easy Money. Hi Kate! Kate, tell us about your real job, first, so people can get a feel for what you’re all about. MAKE More links from Episode 48 of Easy Money: SAVE More links from Episode 48 of Easy Money: On Easy Money, we often talk about how to save money in the “how-to-buy-things-for less sense. But I also want to talk about how to save money in the “how-to-make-sure-you-have-enough-to pursue-your-dreams-and-eventually-retire sense! To that end, what if you could spend 10 to 20 minutes inputting a few key financial facts about yourself into a website and when you were done you’d know exactly where you stand and what you need to do? You can! With a new website and app called Fearless FIND Yours links from Episode 47: MAKE More links from Episode 47: Here’s our save more topic for today: When and why an adjustable rate mortgage could save you thousands of dollars. Adjustable rate mortgages or “ARMs” got a bad rap during the real estate bubble years, because so many people signed up for them not realizing that if their interest rate adjusted upward they would no longer be able to afford their monthly payments. But here’s the key: the initial interest rate on an ARM is lower than that of a fixed rate mortgage, so you can save big Guest Blog 5 Ways To Refresh Your Space For Spring On A Budget www.instagram.com/modsydesign/
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Let’s dive into our SAVE MORE topic for today: How to negotiate a better deal when you need to go to the hospital. If it’s an emergency, you get a free pass. But if you know in advance that you are going to the hospital, you should ask for an itemized estimate of the charges. I know this sounds crazy. And yet, when I re-tiled my Time now for our save more segment of the show: I know lots of smart people who have a good-sized savings account and credit card debt. And that is just dumb. Oh, did I say that out loud? Refusing to use a savings account to pay off credit card debt is like barricading your front door for security, but then letting thieves What if there was a more targeted, refined way to sell stuff you no longer need? And to BUY stuff you want, at a good price, from people you trust? There is! It’s called Facebook Marketplace and it is both my make more AND save more topic for this show. For the Facebook Marketplace user perspective, let’s turn to Katie Mundo.
I love it when one guest can help me with two topics. George recently taught us how to make money selling gift cards and now he’ll stick with me, because now we’re going to talk about how Raise can help people SAVE money! First off, How does Raise assure the gift cards people buy are legitimate? Raise has multiple protocols in place to detect and prevent potential fraudulent Save More Michelle Katz’s book Healthcare Made Easy Make More Articles about professional snuggling:
Our featured segment today is our save more topic: a way to get Fertility treatments for about a quarter of the usual cost. It’s called “natural cycle IVF” and it’s cheaper because it relies more on the body’s own natural rhythms rather than paying to do everything artificially. My guest is Michelle Katz, otherwise known as “Nurse Katz.” Michelle is a trained nurse, a People in 30 out of 50 states have the option of switching their gas provider, electric provider or both. That can save you green and be more green because there may be an alternative supplier that costs less and does more for the environment. A startup called Arcadia Power has created software that tracks the power companies in many areas and helps you find a better Make More
Here’s a way to save money on hotel rooms by taking advantage of the fact that room rates are always changing. Just book a room and then a new website called Pruvo tracks price drops for you and helps you re-book the room when the price has gone down. My guest is Doron Nadevi, Chief Marketing Officer for Pruvo. Doron, welcome to Easy Money. Find Yours www.Excellusbcbs.com/forgottenfunds
Let’s talk about negotiating a lower interest rate on your credit card as a way of saving hundreds or thousands of dollars. This strategy applies to people who carry a credit card balance. Negotiating a lower interest rate, which will also help you pay off your debt more quickly and cheaply. All you do is call up your credit card company and politely ask them to lower your Did you know that you can pay for parking that’s part of your work commute on a pretax basis? I used to do this myself when I worked at ABC News in the Washington DC bureau. According to Wageworks, the dominant company that administers this federal program, you can get this benefit if you pay to park at or near work OR if you park somewhere remote, like a metro Americans spend 15-billion dollars a year on mattresses. The queen-sized models rated highest by Consumer Reports cost 13-hundred to 23-hundred dollars, but there are even some fancy mattresses that sell for 60-thousand dollars apiece! My guest calls that “shady” and says only the top 3 inches of the mattress really matter. That’s I like to save money on the boring things, so I have more for the fun things. And perhaps the most boring thing of all that we spend money on is insurance. Fortunately, with car insurance it’s possible to save BIG bucks just by shopping around.
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This is a follow up to MY last episode, number 33, where I covered unusual ways to MAKE money for college. If you can make more AND save more on college, you might just have it covered. Here goes: Save More Find Yours SFMTA Escheatment Posting October 2017 Guest Blog
Did you know that when your flight is canceled or delayed, the airline may owe you money? Problem is, you may not know when you’re leaving money on the table and it’s a hassle to do the claims paperwork. Enter an app that will keep track, send in claims and get you your money! It’s called “Service” and what a service it is!
Our save more topic for today, which may sound familiar if you’ve read the Make More blog post because now I want to talk about how you can SAVE money by BUYING People’s unwanted gift cards! Yes! Why pay cash at a store, when you could, instead, buy a discounted gift card to that store?
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Believe it or not I’m going to encourage you to spend money to save money by buying a house, if you haven’t already. Home-buying got a bad rap during the bubble years, but I am still a big believer for a very fundamental reason: it’s the one investment you can make with money you have to spend anyway. After all, you have to pay money to live somewhere. If you Make More Refinery 29’s “3 Women Share The Side Hustles They Do To Make Ends Meet Save More
Time to save more and you may not have a choice! Some companies are automatically enrolling their employees in the 401k plan. Not only that, some are raising the amount of money you save in the plan each year! According to
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One thing that drives shoppers crazy is when they buy something and then the price drops a week or two later and they could have gotten it for less. Enter the “Earny” app, that’s E-A-R-N-Y. Earny tracks price adjustments and automatically gets you your money back in these situations. My guest is Dori Yona, co-founder & COO of Make More Find Yours Guest Blog Charles’ Online Courses:
I want to encourage you to buy only used cars from now on. Never new! I know, I know, you don’t want to buy somebody else’s problem. But cars these days are built to last a long time and I’m not suggesting you buy a car from the 80’s1 Instead, I’m gonna show you how to buy a used car at the Sandra Packwood, owner of Do You Deja Vous, already taught us how to sell at consignment shops. Now, she’s doing double duty by teaching us how to “Save More” by consignment shopping, as well! So Sandra, the women who shop at your store, are their finances tight and they can’t afford to shop retail?
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Refer a friend. Many children’s centers —especially newer ones looking to grow— rely on referrals and reward parents who make them. If they don’t offer you a thank you discount, politely request one, and tell them there are more referrals to come. Pay yearly. If you know your child is committed to an activity, paying the Save More ThePointsGuy.com – 10 Best Websites To Find Cheap Airfares
Let’s save some money now on one of my favorite things, travel. If you’re frustrated because it seems like all of the travel websites quote the same prices, you’re right, many do. And that’s because the mainstream websites are all owned by just a few companies. For example, Expedia owns
Auto website Edmunds.com says skilled negotiators can save as much as 15 percent when they buy a car. Here’s how to haggle for a car in12-steps. 1. Get outside financing first: Car dealers don’t make money just by selling cars. They make money selling Now let’s talk about one of my favorite ways to “save more,” namely by cutting the cord, canceling cable. Americans spent an average of $103 a month —$1,236 a year— on cable television in 2016 and the prices are only going up. People are so intrigued and yet so confused about cutting the cord that my next guest produces an entire podcast and blog about how to do it right. Please welcome Dennis Restauro of Grounded Reason to Easy Money. Hi Dennis! I think you were intending to do a One way to “save more” on food, household and personal care items is by forming a grocery buying club. They’re also sometimes called co-ops, but no matter what the name, multiple families are banding together to buy groceries wholesale. Buying wholesale means you’re buying your groceries from the same distributors who usually sell to grocery stores. You’re cutting out the middleman. A refrigerated 18-wheeler literally pulls up and makes a delivery. The typical grocery buying This one is also about credit, namely how to raise your credit score by asking your creditors for a favor. Our credit scores are based on the information in our credit reports. If your overall payment history with a company is good and you make one glaring mistake, you may be able to get the bank or credit card company to delete it from your credit report. Your chances are best Now let’s talk about how shopping for groceries online might actually save you money compared to shopping in person. Yes, despite the delivery fees. When I tackled this topic for the Washington Post a couple of months ago, my first question was are online and in-person grocery prices the same or different? Frankly, I was worried that there might be a markup on online products. So I compared online and in-store prices at Giant and Safeway, two of the largest nationwide chains, both of Now let’s plow into our SAVE more segment for the week: how hiring a medical billing advocate can save you thousands of dollars on hospital and other medical bills. My guest is Jeanne Woodward of Medliminal, a firm that specializes in finding and fighting erroneous medical charges. Welcome, Jeanne! First of all, how common are erroneous medical charges? If you are uninsured or are insured but have to make a substantial coinsurance payment, it’s worth it to shop around for medical tests. The difference in price from one facility to another could be 20 to 60-percent —or more. My friend Ingrid in California had tried everything to relieve shooting sciatic pain that started when she was pregnant. Now she needed an MRI to determine if she had a ruptured disk or if something Health Savings Accounts, which are different and more flexible —ironically— than Flexible Spending Accounts. In order to open a Health Savings Account, first you must open A High Deductible Health Plan or “HDHP.” That’s a specific type of health insurance plan created by Congress. For 2017, a High Deductible Health Plan must have a deductible of at least $1300 for Private mortgage insurance isn’t for you. It protects the lender in case you stop paying your mortgage. Lenders are required by law to stop charging you for private mortgage insurance when you have 22% equity in your home, but some have been known to conveniently forget. To complicate things, if you reach 22% equity not There’s an easy way how to win cash, cars, trips and more instead of paying for them. I know, it sounds impractical, but here’s the key: volume. If you enter a lot of sweepstakes and contests, you will win some. Carolyn Wilman, but she’s better known as “The Contest Queen”, actually has a system for entering sweepstakes that makes it easy and fun. She’s also the author of “How to Win Cash, Cars, Trips and More.” Let’s get people’s attention right away. Get this: Other than houses and cars, home appliances can be the biggest investments we make. Not nearly as glamorous either. First, I’ll give you the over-arching rule of thumb: If the repair will cost more than 50 percent of the price of replacing the appliance, you should get a new one. I could end it there, but that would be a pretty lame segment. Plus, I know you may be in denial that you actually have to pay to replace one of these big machines in your house. I went through it myself Let’s talk about how to save big on hotel rooms —luxury hotel rooms. Consumers’ Checkbook, which studies services, has scrutinized online OK, I’m going to name the step and you Here’s something I wish I had known about when another driver plowed into my five-month- old car: it’s called diminished value. The other driver’s insurance company paid to fix my vehicle, but just the fact that it had been in an accident diminished its value and I—and you—should be compensated for that loss. After all, your car is no longer as sound. One former car dealer says he used to automatically offer thirty percent less for a trade-in if it had frame damage. Many people Refinancing to get a lower interest rate is one of the rare times that you That’s why I created something that I call the “Refinancing Rule of 5’s.” It helps answer this question simply and finally. Here it is: You should refinance IF: 1. Your new interest rate will be at least .5 percent —half a percent— lower THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION MEDS HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE PAST DECADE AND I KNOW FROM MY WORK AS CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DR. OZ SHOW THAT THIS IS A REAL PAIN POINT FOR PEOPLE. SO, HERE’S THE DEAL: EVERY YEAR, THE BIG PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES EACH GIVE AWAY MORE THAN $200 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FREE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS. YES! IT’S TRUE. FOR SOME REASON, ALMOST NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT THESE OFFERS. I’VE BEEN DELIBERATELY AVOIDING ASKING PAM ABOUT THE REIMBURSEMENTS, BECAUSE THAT IS THE SAVINGS”ASPECT OF MYSTERY SHOPPING. SO LET’S TRANSITION NOW INTO OUR SAVE MORE SEGMENT OF THE SHOW. SO, PAM, EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHY YOU ARE EVEN MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE REIMBURSEMENTS YOU GET THAN THE MONEY YOU MAKE. WE’RE STARTING WITH OUR “SAVE MORE” SEGMENT BECAUSE IT IS A JUICY ONE: HOW TO SAVE BIG BUCKS ON A VEHICLE BY BUYING A “DARK HORSE CAR.” HERE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS AND HOW MUCH YOU CAN SAVE BY BUYING ONE IS RONALD MONTOYA, EDMUNDS DOT COM SENIOR CONSUMER ADVICE EDITOR. WELCOME, RON! I THINK PEOPLE KNOW THE EXPRESSION “DARK HORSE” REFERS TO A HORSE THAT’S NOT VERY WELL KNOWN AND COMES OUT OF OBSCURITY TO WIN THE RACE. BUT A FEW YEARS AGO EDMUNDS COINED THE TERM “DARK HORSE [LISTENER QUESTION] Hi my name is Jamie and I’m about to buy my first home and I’m worried about my credit score. Is there some way to improve my score before I apply for a mortgage? And how long will it take? JAMIE, I’M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THIS QUESTION, BECAUSE YOU’VE GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK UP ONE OF MY FAVORITE LITTLE-KNOWN STRATEGIES. IT’S CALLED “RAPID RESCORING” WHERE YOU HIRE PROFESSIONALS TO DO THE HARD WORK FOR YOU. THESE PROFESSIONALS HAVE SPECIAL ACCESS TO THE BIG
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Junk title fees are our featured save more segment of this podcast, because if you dodge them you can save a bundle. My guest is Carolyn Warren, Author of the bestseller Mortgage Ripoffs and Money Savers and also Homebuyers Beware and a working mortgage broker herself. Welcome back to Easy EPISODE 71~ LINKS: Resources To Help You Make More, Save More, Find Yours
EPISODE 71~ SAVE MORE: The Power of 100 points, How Raising Your Credit Score Over The Crucial Threshold Can Save You BIG $$
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EPISODE 70~ SAVE MORE: Want to Save Money on Food? Try Grocery Auctions!
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EPISODE 68~ SAVE MORE: How To Save On Car Insurance By Dropping Your Comprehensive & Collision Coverage at a Strategic Point
EPISODE 67~ SAVE MORE: Learn How to Cut The Cost & Lower Your Chances Of Being Ripped Off While Moving
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EPISODE 66~ SAVE MORE: Whether and When It’s a Good Idea to Sell Your House Yourself!
The real key to selling your house yourself is to price it right. This is where most For Sale By Owners fail. People are attached to their houses and price them too high. There are ac couple of ways to set your price: Pay a real estate agent an hourly fee EPISODE 65~ SAVE MORE: It is Possible to Save Money on Your Amazon Purchases!
The brain-trust at Amazon realize they probably have a “sure-fire” buyer if you’re doing such a specific search, and will often steer your search results towards the item that’ll pad their profits the most, i.e., the most expensive.
When doing specific searches, one of EPISODE 64~ LINKS: Resources To Help You Make More, Save More, Find Yours
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If you belong to a wholesale warehouse like Costco, BJs or Sam’s Club, you can get auto insurance there. These clubs partner with some major insurers to offer group EPISODE 63~ LINKS: Resources To Help You Make More, Save More, Find Yours
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EPISODE 62~ SAVE MORE: What’s Better Than Free?
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EPISODE 61~ Better Ways to Save More for Your Retirement
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EPISODE 60~ Pay for Your Car in Cash and Save Thousands on Interest Payments!
OK, I realize not everybody will be able to pay cash for a car – at first. So first let’s talk about how to limit the damage if you must take out a car loan. The problem is that most people make a small downpayment on a long loan. That’s upside down! Instead, you want to make a big downpayment on a short loan.
Make as big a down payment as you can. The national average is less EPISODE 59~ LINKS: Resources To Help You Make More, Save More, Find Yours
EPISODE 59~ Avoid That Hefty Emergency Room Bill, Here Are Ways to Save Big Bucks!
EPISODE 58 ~ On the Market for a New Home? Check Out Foreclosed Property!
When a lender forecloses, it’s no reflection on the home. It just means the previous owner couldn’t make the mortgage payments. There are two main junctures at which you can purchase a foreclosed property: on the courthouse steps EPISODE 57~ LINKS: Resources To Help You Make More, Save More, Find Yours
EPISODE 57 ~ An Efficient Way to Reduce Interest Charges AND Lower Credit Card Debt
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Good locations for Solar panels: Washington PostEPISODE 53~ SAVE MORE: Grocery Shopping on a Budget By Stockpiling Items When They Are Cheapest —Instead of When You Need Them
The idea is to buy enough groceries when they are at their lowest price to last you until the next time those same items are at their lowest price, usually 3 to 6 months. So you will have 6 months worth of some items in your home. And you’ll “shop your pantry” when you need something.
Everything except fresh produce and eggs. You can even EPISODE 52~ LINKS: Resources To Help You Make More, Save More, Find Yours
EPISODE 52 ~ SAVE MORE: Save Money on Your Electric Bill By Switching Your Home to All LED Lights
The federal government caught on to the high cost and energy consumption of lighting back in 2007 and passed a law decreeing that lightbulbs must be three times more efficient by the year 2020.
The average American house uses EPISODE 51~ LINKS: Resources To Help You Make More, Save More, Find Yours
•Guest Nick Anderson’s company helps people with tricky unclaimed money recoveries: ironwoodrecovery.com
Jobs sites for digital nomads:
Working Nomad
Remote.co
OutsourcelyEPISODE 51 ~ SAVE MORE: Cut Your Prescription Costs In Half By Cutting Pills In Half —OR “Growing” Them
EPISODE 50~ LINKS: Resources To Help You Make More, Save More, Find Yours
Guest: Alex Elle
Website: AlexElle.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/alex_elle/
Blog: AnotherSunday.me
Podcast: districtproductive.com/hey-girl/
529 Tuition Calculator:
EPISODE 50 ~ SAVE MORE: 529 Plans For K-12 Might Be A Way to Save 5 Figures!
This new opportunity that came with the tax overhaul of late 2017 only applies to private schools. But yes, starting with the 2018 tax year, you can withdraw $10,000 per student per year to pay for primary or secondary education. Now, you shouldn’t withdraw from a 529 plan if that means you won’t have enough money for college. BUT, if you are EPISODE 49~ LINKS: Resources To Help You Make More, Save More, Find Yours
Top Class Actions Website explains Roundup Settlement:
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EPISODE 49 ~ SAVE MORE: Resale Clothing: A Way To Dress Well Without Ever Spending Money on Clothes Again!
I am the Associate Artistic Director at Imagination Stage, a children’s EPISODE 48~ LINKS: Resources To Help You Make More, Save More, Find Yours
Websites where you can sell your furniture for more money than Craig’s List:
Apartment Therapy Marketplace
Chairish
EBTH
The Real Real
Viyet
•The new website and app that helps you get control of your finances in about 20 minutes: FearlessFinance.com
•Fearless Finance App on iTunes:
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EPISODE 47~ LINKS: Resources To Help You Make More, Save More, Find Yours
•Website to search 40 states at once for unclaimed money: MissingMoney.com
•Website to search the other 10 states for missing money: unclaimed.org
•Social Security Quick Benefit Calculator: www.ssa.gov/OACT/quickcalc/index.htmlEPISODE 47 ~ SAVE MORE: Adjustable Rate Mortgages: How ARMs Can Save You Big Money Under Certain Circumstances
EPISODE 46 ~ LINKS: Modsy Design & Style Quizes
EPISODE 46 ~ SAVE MORE: Interior Design: How To Save Thousands on Professional Interior Design Services
EPISODE 45 ~ LINKS: Mystery Shopping & Unclaimed Money
EPISODE 45 ~ SAVE MORE: Hospital: Reduce Your Medical Bills By Consulting Your Doctor Before Entering The Hospital
EPISODE 44 ~ LINKS: Missing Money, Free Trip Stopovers & Asking For That Raise
EPISODE 44 ~ SAVE MORE: Savings Account: Use Your Emergency Savings For A Real Emergency – Credit Card Debt
EPISODE 43 ~ LINKS: Facebook Marketplace and Highwood Home
EPISODE 43 ~ SAVE MORE: Online Shopping: Find Better Online Deals For Anything You Could Image With This Great Site
EPISODE 42 ~ LINKS: Selling Gift Cards, Raise Mobile App, and Missing Money
EPISODE 42 ~ SAVE MORE: Gift Card Exchange: Learn How To Buy Other People’s Unwanted Gift Cards For 30% Discounts
EPISODE 41 ~ LINKS: Healthcare, Professional Cuddling, And Finding Your Missing Money
EPISODE 41 ~ SAVE MORE: IVF: The Natural Fertility Treatment That Costs 75% Less
EPISODE 40 ~ LINKS: Energy Sage, States With Deregulated Power, and Arcadia Power
EPISODE 40 ~ SAVE MORE: Go Green: News flash! Clean Electricity is Now Cheaper Than Traditional
EPISODE 39 ~ LINKS: Entrepreneurs, Pruvo, & Employee Benefits Security Administration
EPISODE 39 ~ SAVE MORE: Hotels: Save On Travel By Booking Your Room, Then Re-Booking the SAME Room for Less
EPISODE 38 ~ LINKS: Unclaimed Retirement Benefits & Remote Jobs
EPISODE 38 ~ SAVE MORE: Credit Cards: Negotiate To Decrease The Interest Rate On Your Credit Cards And Save Thousands
Episode 37 ~ LINKS: Wageworks, Dscount, and SPIC
EPISODE 37 ~ SAVE MORE: Commute: Pay For Parking At Your Work On A Pretax Basis
EPISODE 36 ~ LINKS: Forbes, Unclaimed Money, & Kloudes
EPISODE 36 ~ SAVE MORE: Mattresses: Save Thousands By Buying a Quality Mattress Topper Instead of a Mattress
EPISODE 35 ~ Links: Checkbook.org, Auto Insurance, & YouTube Earnings
EPISODE 35 ~ SAVE MORE: Car Insurance: Shopping Around for It And Save $1000+
EPISODE 34 ~ LINKS: Egg Donors, FDIC Unclaimed Funds, and American Honors
EPISODE 34 ~ SAVE MORE: Tuition: Clever Ways to Save Money On a College Education
EPISODE 33 ~ LINKS: ASCI Travel Reports and Air Travel Secrets
EPISODE 33 ~ SAVE MORE: Canceled Flights: App Gets You Compensation When Your Flight Doesn’t Go Right
EPISODE 32 ~ LINKS: Card Pool & Missing Money
EPISODE 32 ~ SAVE MORE: Buy Gift Cards: Why Pay Cash When You Could Buy A Discounted Gift Card, Instead?
EPISODE 31 ~ LINKS: Be Censtable, After Class, and Unclaimed Property
EPISODE 31 ~ SAVE MORE: Cheap Vacations: Check Out These Tips To Take Trips For A Fraction Of The Cost
EPISODE 30 ~ LINKS: Birch Finance and Saving Money During The Holidays
EPISODE 30 ~ SAVE MORE: Buying A House: Spend More To Save More Longterm
EPISODE 29 ~ LINKS: Dscount, VoxPopMe, and Your 401(k)
EPISODE 29 ~ SAVE MORE: 401K Plan: Check To See If Your Company Has An Automatic Plan For You
EPISODE 28 ~ LINKS: Online Rewards, Holiday Donations, & Earny
EPISODE 28 ~ SAVE MORE: Cash Apps: Find Out When You Deserve A Refund With Apps Like Earny
EPISODE 27 ~ LINKS: Freelance Writing & Wage and Hour Divison
EPISODE 27 ~ SAVE MORE: Used Cars: Shop For Used Cars At New Car Price
EPISODE 26 ~ LINKS: Top Class Actions
EPISODE 26 ~ SAVE MORE: Shop Where You Sell: Buy Gorgeous Threads At The Consignment Stores Where You Sell
EPISODE 25 ~ LINKS: Artist Models & Bankruptcy Unclaimed Funds
EPISODE 25 ~ SAVE MORE: Activities For Kids: 10 More Ways To Save Money On Kids Classes
EPISODE 24 ~ LINKS: Saving On Flights & Flea Market Flipper
EPISODE 24 ~ SAVE MORE: Travel Sites: The Best Websites For Cheap Airfare
EPISODE 23 ~ SAVE MORE: Buying A Car: Do Your Research And Haggle Your Prices Down To Save 15% On Your Next Vehicle
EPISODE 22 ~ SAVE MORE: Cut the Cord: Cancel Cable, Save Big And Watch Anything You Want
EPISODE 21 ~ SAVE MORE: Wholesale Groceries: How To Get Them By Forming A Grocery Buying Club
EPISODE 20 ~ SAVE MORE: Credit Score: Raise Yours By Asking Your Creditors For A Simple Favor
EPISODE 19 ~ SAVE MORE: Online Grocery Shopping Versus In-Store Shopping: What Saves You More?
EPISODE 18 ~ SAVE MORE: Medical Billing Advocate: Hire a Specialist to Catch The Errors in Your Medical Bills
Medliminal estimates, based on our years of analyzing medical bills, that 90 percent of them contain errors. And guess what? EPISODE 17 ~ SAVE MORE: Medical Tests: Shop Around And Save Thousands On Medical Tests
EPISODE 16 ~ SAVE MORE: Health Savings Account: A Better Way To Save Money For Healthcare Costs Tax-Free
EPISODE 15 ~ SAVE MORE: PMI: Petition To Drop Private Mortgage Insurance and Save BIG
EPISODE 14 ~ SAVE MORE: Contests & Giveaways: Use This System To Win Everything You Might Have Otherwise Bought
EPISODE 13 ~ SAVE MORE: Home Appliances: Save Money By Knowing When to Repair Or Replace Your Appliances
EPISODE 12 ~ SAVE MORE: Cheap Hotels: A Secret Technique For Scoring Luxury Rooms At Deep Discounts
travel booking services and says it has figured out THE strategy for scoring rock bottom rates on 4 and 5 star hotel rooms. The answer?
Priceline. But NOT using it the regular way. Checkbook’s editors spent years experimenting and Executive Editor Kevin Brasler is here to reveal their “system.”EPISODE 11 ~ SAVE MORE: Diminished Value On Your Vehicle: Get Compensated For Car Accident Damages
EPISODE 10 ~ SAVE MORE: When To Refinance: Learn the Refinancing Rule of Thumb That Can Save You Six Figures
can save 5 or even 6 figures! But people always ask me how to know if the time is right. Should they refinance now? Or wait? Or… refinance all over again?
EPISODE 9 ~ SAVE MORE: Prescription Medications: Did you know you can get prescription drugs for free?
THEY’RE CALLED “PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND EPISODE 8~ SAVE MORE: Never Pay For Gas or Groceries or Vacations Again Thanks to Mystery Shopping
My reimbursements for the year are about double my payments. And reimbursements aren’t taxable income, which makes them even more valuable than my actual payments. This is the EPISODE 7~ SAVE MORE: How To Save As Much as 20% On a New Vehicle By Buying A “Dark Horse Car”
EPISODE 06~ SAVE MORE: How To Raise Your Credit Score in Days Through “Rapid Rescoring”
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Episode 3~ SAVE MORE: SAVE Money BY DIGGING UP SECRET WARRANTIES TO GET YOUR CAR REPAIRED FOR FREE
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Episode 1~ SAVE MORE: How To Save Thousands of Dollars by Refinancing Your Car Loan