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Using Kids Crafts to Teach the Gift of Giving

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Teaching The Gift of Giving This year the grand kids are 5 and 8 years old and I want to demonstrate the pleasures of giving. Moms always love anything their kids give them! Teaching The Gift of Giving It was fun making my practice stepping stone. How do you teach your children and grandchildren the benefits of giving?

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How We Saved in February 2017

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A cold call from a local family owned insurance business in February resulted in us saving $200 a year with our homeowners insurance and $600 a year with our business’ building insurance for the same coverage.

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Create a Personal Escrow Fund | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Do you go into panic mode when your car insurance bill arrives? Does your property tax bill give you anxiety? Our homeowners insurance and property taxes are not tied in with our mortgage so we receive those bills and are responsible for paying them instead of the bank that owns the mortgage. That used to be me.

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Citizens Insurance Review 2024 | Bankrate

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Our goal is to give you the best advice to help you make smart personal finance decisions. We’ve maintained this reputation for over four decades by demystifying the financial decision-making process and giving people confidence in which actions to take next. Can anyone in Florida get Citizens insurance?

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Cash-Out Refinancing: How It Works, When To Do It

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While you can’t cash out all of your home’s equity, the process gives you access to a larger sum of money without needing to sell your home. Paying down your mortgage helps build equity in your home, but you don’t have to wait until you completely repay it, or sell the property, to access that equity.

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How to Compost Without Fancy Equipment

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Guest Post Author Bio: Bailey writes about insurance and other topics for the Homeowners Insurance Blog. The use of rugged building materials will help ensure the bin functions the way it should, and give many years of service. If you build a composter with corners, the construction is simple.

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Home Insurance Calculator: Estimate Your Rate – December 2023

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Buying a home means you also need to buy something else: homeowners insurance. And while it may not be your biggest expense, how much you pay for insurance will affect your home ownership costs. The national average cost of home insurance is $1,820 a year, according to NerdWallet’s most recent rate analysis.