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Helping you Save: Check your Credit for Free

January 20, 2009

Recommendations: Get a completely free credit report Annual Savings Potential: About $180 over a credit monitoring service, although they aren’t exactly the same thing Discussion Once per year, as a result of a government agreement with the credit report industry, you are entitled to a free copy of your credit report (although not your credit [...]

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Helping you Save: Refinance your Mortgage

January 20, 2009

Recommendations: Check your break-even point on a refinance Refinance (if it makes sense) while rates are low Annual Savings Potential: Can be thousands of dollars/year Discussion Mortgage rates are at levels that haven’t been seen in 40 years or more. The weak economy, coupled with government efforts to push rates down to make housing [...]

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Helping you Save: Internet Access

January 20, 2009

Recommendations: If you are using cable modem, consider DSL or even dial-up Find free Wi-Fi Annual Savings Potential: $240 (cable to DSL), more for dial-up or Wi-Fi Discussion Unlike most cable service, most phone companies price DSL based on speed. If you are using the Internet primarily for things like email or reading web pages [...]

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Helping you Save: Insurance

January 20, 2009

Recommendations: Do an insurance check-up at least once a year: Auto, Health, Life, Home Do it online Annual Savings Potential: Hundreds of dollars Discussion An annual check of your insurance coverage is important for several reasons. You may be paying too much for the insurance coverage you have, or you may have too much [...]

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Painless Ways to Save Money: Rental Cars

September 29, 2008

This is the first of a series. There’s no shortage of advice out there telling us how to save money. However, much of it is along the lines of “give up your latte” or “don’t go out to eat”. Great, I’m already depressed enough about the economy and now they want me to drink nasty [...]

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