Today’s post is from our regular Wednesday contributor, Cat. It was a dark and stormy night. Okay, okay it was just dark. I was in a new city about to score an awesome sofa. I live close to Manhattan now, and I was trying to use a GPS to pick up a Craigslist find. Unfortunately, […]
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Early retirement may seem like a fantasy to most people, but it’s not unrealistic if you’re motivated to make it a reality. Today I’m going to explain how to retire early and hopefully by the end of the post you have a general idea of how it’s possible to leave the workplace years before the […]
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My pursuit of rental income, starting a small business, and participation in side hustles such as spreadsheet consulting and freelance writing are all direct results of one thing: my desire to fast-track my financial independence. While I’m grateful for my full-time job and the security, income, and career track it has provided, I also know […]
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Today’s post is from our regular Tuesday contributor, Sally. I think for many people just graduating college, there tends to be a steep learning curve when it comes to figuring out the application process for the jobs they are interested in. I felt like I wasn’t in control when it came to remembering all of […]
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Let’s go job searching!!! Said no one ever. Or at least not that enthusiastically, I’m sure. It can be a long and tough journey to find a new job, especially if you’re having difficulty even figuring out where to look for one. Today we’re going to go over a few ideas of where to look […]
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When it comes to finding a job or searching for your next employee, it seems that one place many people are starting to look at is LinkedIn; a site that, at the basic level, allows you to showcase your resume and network. Personally, I love using it and out of all of my online media, […]
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Home, auto, and student loans dominate the content on the internet, but in reality there are many more reasons for taking out loans. Prosper.com is a peer-to-peer lending site that makes it easy to take out a personal loan for consolidating credit card debt, paying for an expensive home repair, or starting a small business. […]
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My wife and I started to coupon a little over a year ago. In that time we have saved in excess of $1,000 on groceries alone. If you count clothes, toiletries, pet supplies, and food from restaurants we’ve saved much more than $1,000, and that’s just shopping for two people. One problem we ran into […]
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Starting your first “career” job can be exciting. You’ve finished college and you finally have that first job, even if it is on the bottom of the ladder. You feel excited, motivated, relieved (it’s a tough job market), and ready to take on the world. Then reality hits you: in the real world your work […]
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Well folks, it’s garage sale season and we are joining the festivities at the Carlson household. We are just a couple weeks away from our garage sale and have been sharing a few posts on the topic, including 5 tips for a successful garage sale and things to sell at garage sales. Today we want […]
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