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New Year’s To Do List #5 – Get a 0% Balance Transfer Card
“YOLO” is your credo. Over the past two months, you shopped, merried and rang your credit card to its limit. The card’s been swiped...
New Year’s To Do List #4 – Update Your Snatch File
Make sure your “Snatch File” is up to date. There may be a time when you need to snatch your important papers and make...
New Year’s To Do List #3: Truly Free Credit Reports
I kick off every New Year by grabbing a free credit report. That explains my joie de vivre.
AnnualCreditReport.com is actually free, unlike FreeCreditReport.com which costs almost $200/year. ...
New Year’s To Do List #2 – Don’t Go Dormant
My New Years To Do List item #2 begs the question: Do you have a bank account or credit card that you don’t use much,...
New Year’s To Do List: #1 – Putting “FUN” in Unclaimed Funds!
If you are looking to procrastinate before heading to the gym, check this off your list: Go on a Missing Money Treasure Hunt Bender! Every...
Get Cash For Your Unwanted Gift Cards
Happy New Year! Well, well, well. That gift card from your aunt has been sitting on your dresser for days. It’s to that restaurant...
2018 Year-End To-Do List
It’s crunch time. We’ve got a few days to take care of things before 2018 turns into a pumpkin.
Refill Prescriptions & Exhaust Health Savings...
$75 For Discover Card Peeps
If you have a Discover it or Discover More card, you still have time to activate the 5% cashback bonus and make a fast...
Do This BEFORE Your Festivus Shopping!
Before you buy hundreds of dollars of stuff for Christmas / Hanukhah / Festivus, consider this. Buy gift cards to those stores at a...
Folks, It’s “Giving Tuesday”
We have Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Lazy Sunday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday.
Being charitable is a good thing - especially if it will get...
Ol’ Tax Dodge Donation Double-Dip
Most know that when you donate to a charity, you can claim a tax deduction for being such a swell human being. That’s a...
Shoppers: Use Your 5% Cashback Cards
If you are steeling yourself for Black Friday, remember that these four cards can get you 5% cashback. If your quiver has one or...
Clarence Odbody Said It Best…
In It's A Wonderful Life, Angel 2nd Class Clarence Odbody told George Bailey:
“Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives.”
ChipsMoneyTips.com just...
Pruvo = Alerts For Exact Hotel Room Rate Drop
Heading home for The Holidays? Let Pruvo know your hotel plans.
Pruvo is a site that will alert you automatically if your exact same hotel...
AutoSlash For Best Rental Car Rates
A few folks emailed this week, “What’s that site that keeps checking for the best rental car deal for you?” So I guess it’s...
Hey Californians!
Here’s how you can extend your Southwest Companion Pass another year!
Last year Southwest Airlines had an amazing promotion for California Residents. If you...
Reminder: Make $500-$750 Tax-Free Paying Your Property Tax
See that photo? That's how much actual tax-free cash you can get with this next idea.
Twice a year I have to pay property tax....
A Special Trip to New York City
I just got back from The Big Apple where I helped my little sister celebrate a big birthday. Here’s how we lived in style...
Time’s Up For PayPal and Venmo
PayPal owns Venmo. They are the fax machine of personal payment options. They used to be state of the art. Like a fax machine,...
19 years. 200,000 miles
My 1999 Infinity G20 celebrated Rocktober 1st by turning 200,000 miles. Here's the moment it went down, accompanied by Soft Cell:
I've had two cars...
Hey Smart TV: Mind Your Own Beeswax!
We watch TV. TV isn’t supposed to watch us. Tell your boob tube to mind its own beeswax, assuming it has any.
If you have...
A Will is NOT a Living Will
As most people know, a Will tells those you left behind who gets what – of your stuff. A Living Will is completely differnet,...
Now, No Charge To Buy Stocks
Whip out your smartphone. Download the Chase app. Sign in and go to “Investments by J.P. Morgan”. That will take you to “You Invest”....
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