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Green Home Choices: Save Money and the Environment
Going green at home includes recycling and reusing materials, helping you save money and the environment. Going green at home could also include paying bills electronically which would help you save money. If you're going green at home you will also save money.
Come Meet Ilyce Glink At GSU’s Women And Money Workshop
Ilyce Glink will give the keynote speech at the Women and Money Workshop (held from 9 to Noon). She'll speak at 9:00am on Friday, April 11th at the GS...
How Much Does Your Car Cost You In A Year?
A few nights ago on National Public Radio there was discussion about neo-liberalism and how when someone is a neo-liberal he or she sees everything in...
Plan At Least $204,060 to Raise a Child
On Monday the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced how much it cost to raise a child in 2007. The amount? $204,060 by a child's 18th birthday. If ...
Reverse Mortgage Helps Seniors Pay Bills
Should seniors pay heating bill and their mortgage using a credit card? Ilyce suggests they either sell their home or get a reverse mortgage to stop paying the heating bill with the credit card. The reverse mortgage would allow seniors to stop charging their home heating bill on the credit card.
Filling in for Clark Howard Today
Today on the Clark Howard show, we're talking about the completely unexpected events in the financial market this year. We're also looking into the a...
Ilyce Glink on WSB Radio – March 16, 2008
In the wake of the weekend's horrific weather, Ilyce ran down a list of 10 things everyone should know if you're thinking about filing an insurance claim. If you missed it, you can find the list, as well as the notes from today's show at her website, www.thinkglink.com/forum. Click on "Radio show notes" and look for the date of the show. You can ask Ilyce a question on line at www.thinkglink.com. Don't forget to check out her new all-video site, www.expertrealestatetips.net.
Use Cash Strategically On Credit Card Debt
If your credit card debt is spread out over several credit cards, you should plan how to use your cash to get the most benefit for your credit score. Spreading the payments across all the cards will not eliminate the debt, but it will lower the balance-to-credit-limit ratio, improving your credit score. Or to pay off the cards the fastest, put all of the cash toward the highest interest rate. Then use the money you'll save to pay off the rest of the cards. Plan your strategy for what will give the most benefit to your personal finances.
News Flash: It’s Time to Save
America Saves Week runs this week. More than 1,000 organizations have teamed up to promote the goal of saving. Seems a bit ironic this year with the...
Foreclosures On Rise And Mortgage Lenders’ Solution
In early 2008 foreclosures were increasing which furthered the housing market slowdown, but what are solutions that mortgage lenders are coming up with? Foreclosures are forcing private mortgage lenders to pay out millions of dollars. Mortgage lenders are trying to help homeowners who are currently or about to face foreclosure.