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Best College Student Credit Cards of February 2024

Savings Corner

FULL LIST OF EDITORIAL PICKS: BEST COLLEGE STUDENT CREDIT CARDS Before applying, confirm details on the issuer’s website. When you submit an application to rent an apartment, the landlord may look at your credit score to gauge how likely you are to pay your rent on time. Renting an apartment. Setting up utilities. Upgrade it.

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Why You Should Be Collecting Rainwater

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Ever since I graduated college, I had wanted to collect rain and snowmelt off my roof. I was a poor college student and B. my first job out of college barely paid the rent on a 1 bedroom pad, I had to put those dreams off for a while. But seeing as how A.

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Is Now The Time to Buy a Home?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There are numerous factors to consider when deciding whether to buy your first home or to continue renting – especially when you’re out of college. This is a big problem for recent graduates. Just think – when the pipe breaks, you just call your landlord and you don’t have to deal with (or pay for it) yourself. Maintenance fund.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). We also want to get our kids through college without them having loans to pay back, and we are 1 out of 4 on that so far! We rent now and are much happier.

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