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Saving Money

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 score) from all [...]

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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 more attractive, is [...]

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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 (as opposed to downloading [...]

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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 (or too little) coverage [...]

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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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