Remember that “Pimp My Ride!” show on MTV with Xzibit, if I didn’t mess up with his name? My son was watching it the other day, I saw it out of the corner of my eye. And what I think of all that is that you can pimp your ride not through replacing your old […]

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 In one of my previous articles titled Transforming Extra Calories into Extra Money on Your Credit Card I apparently paid no due attention to a traditional and perhaps the most effective method of clearing your credit card debt – using a balance transfer credit card. Customers who manage their credit with balance transfer services are […]

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 … and before you apply for the dreaded payday loans with the 300% interest rate, have you considered borrowing from “people” instead?  Maybe you don’t know anyone who can lend you money- or you’re too embarassed to ask someone you know for help- but there is a community of people who lend money to people […]

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 I absolutely love to travel.  I like to just throw a duffle bag of stuff into the backseat of the car, and take off- coffee in hand and no idea where I might end up.
At least- I enjoyed it more before gas was almost $3 a gallon.
If you like to travel around; or even if […]

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 Something I’ve always considered doing, and what I KNOW some people already do successfully, is use “their money” to make money.
Who’s money?
The credit card companies and low interest loans… any place that gives you no or low interest money for 6 months or more.  When credit cards offer promotional offers like 0% interest on cash […]

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 Online banking is now pretty much the norm for all banking institutions. In addition to the regular bricks & mortar banks offering online services, there are now banks that are completely online- with no actual location to go to. You can make deposits to online banks with debit or credit cards, transfers from a different […]

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 Sometimes you just don’t know where your money is going. With deposited checks and direct-deposits bringing money into your account, and your debit card drawing it back out for you to spend in cash form, you pick up receipts everywhere you go and still aren’t sure where all of your spending is taking place. But […]

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 Future financial success is not a guarantee that any one of us can rely upon, no matter how wealthy we are now or intend to become.
There are however five future proofing financial steps that we can take to protect our current financial status, improve our future financial prospects and secure our long-term financial success.
1) Know […]

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