Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Thanks to Credit Cards. com for including my post 10 Easy Ways to Save Money in this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance. Please check out the carnival and read about the 7 deadly personal finance sins. Related posts: Prairie Eco-Thrifter has been Featured in the Carnival of Personal Finance #287.

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freestuff.tv

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Credit Sesame is a 100% free personal finance credit and debt management tool with no credit card required or trial period. Credit Sesame makes managing personal credit online, owing less in interest and saving on mortgage, loan & credit card payments easy!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 15, 2012

Better late than never’ is a good approach to personal finance for the over 40s. It is important to address these now; seek professional advice about consolidation of debts, debt management and early pay out of debts, especially credit cards. The last thing you need after retirement is debts you are still paying off.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2015

It was all consumer debt spread over 5 credit cards. After trying to extend credit to finance the vacation and we were denied (best thing to ever happen to us) we realized we made too much money to be living like this and something had to change. We cut up our credit cards and never used them again.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 5, 2014

She runs MoneyZen Wealth Management , and has a financial blog geared toward helping women master their finances. How we handle our money early in life can impact us in future years- for example, young adults who rely on credit may find themselves continuing this pattern throughout life and consumed with debt.” Eleanor Blayney, CFP.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 13, 2015

Before you get ready to shove those kids of yours out of the nest, here are what I consider to be (based on my experience as a person, a Mom, and a Grandma) the most important things you (or someone) should teach them about personal finance. How to manage life activities. I hope to show you how to use debt wisely.

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Discount Coder UK

JULY 6, 2012

The following is a guest post from our friends across the pond – MoneyCrashers.com David Bakke is a financial contributor for Money Crashers Personal Finance. After digging himself out of over $30,000 in credit card debt, he made it his mission to help others do the same. The level of consumer debt in both the.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 1, 2013

A financial advisor told me recently that the thing that really made him upset was that nearly every new client he spoke to was making the same disastrous personal finance mistakes. So let’s look at the most common personal finance mistakes and what you can do to prevent or fix them. Minimum Payments On Credit Cards.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 19, 2016

She writes at her personal finance website, And Then We Saved. It was a mix of college loans, a personal loan from my parents (for college), an overdraft account, and credit card debt. The post Find out how Anna paid off $23,605 in college, personal loans, and credit cards. Where are you from?

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Open a business bank account Keeping your business and personal finances separate is key to managing your business finances. Understand your startup financing options Most businesses need a little capital to get started. If you take payments in person, you’ll probably need a point-of-sale system too.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 10, 2013

Strategy: Use Your Credit Card. While it can’t be helped with the mortgage payment, and while I have the car and student loan payments deducted from my checking account, there are some smaller, recurring expenses that can be charged to a credit card and then discharged once a month. Do you use automatic bill pay?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 7, 2014

(Photo credit: Wikipedia). Around since just before the financial crash, peer lending got the same black-eye as all credit when the bubble burst on sub-prime loans. Rates for loans are competitive with personal loans from traditional banks. Borrowers with very good credit can get an APR as low as 6.7% Peer Lending Reborn.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 26, 2021

Do you have enough cash to cover them or would you have to rely on high-interest credit cards or a loan from your family? With little money in their bank accounts, these Americans couldn’t afford these unfortunate expenses without using a credit card or maybe relying on a loan from family and friends.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Key takeaways A personal loan is money you can borrow to finance large purchases, consolidate debt, invest in yourself or cover emergency expenses. Working to improve your credit score and reduce your debt-to-income ratio before applying can help get you the best loan terms. You will also start to repay the money.

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Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 28, 2016

If you’re thinking about some resolutions for 2017 that have to do with YOUR finances, then I’m inviting you to join me in January for the New Year New You Financial Summit. Monday, January 9: 12pm EST: Tips for Tackling Credit Card Debt with LaTisha Styles. Don’t worry, you don’t have to go anywhere.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Use Cash Every time you use your credit card, you are paying interest on that purchase. Spending hard cash is much harder than swiping your credit card. For example, if you want to buy a car worth $20,000, you could decide to save $1,000 a month for 20 months or $5,000 a month for four months.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Your positive credit report will encourage other lenders to grant similar facilities. Your risk profile goes down as you are no longer a first-time borrower, and your debt-to-income ratio goes down along with your credit utilization rate. This is why you should pay off your high-interest debts like credit cards first.

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Nicoles Nickels

JANUARY 29, 2012

Credit Sesame is a 100% free personal finance credit and debt management tool with no credit card required or trial period. Credit Sesame makes managing personal credit online, owing less in interest and saving on mortgage, loan & credit card payments easy!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 18, 2011

While the plot, acting, music composition, and special effects are normally what others focus on when watching this movie, there are actually quite a few lessons in personal finance that can be learned from The Dark Knight as well. Number 8 : Glen at Free From Broke tells us what a credit card number is. Well it does.

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For the Mommas

JULY 23, 2012

You can get a totally free credit report (thru Experian and enter to win $250.00). Credit Sesame wants to help you ease the ‘Back to School” stress. Credit Sesame wants to help you ease the ‘Back to School” stress. Don’t worry about raking up those credit card bills, or putting a dent in your savings.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 18, 2013

Take a peak and see what I read this week: Good Reads From The Blogosphere: Have you ever wondered How Secured Credit Cards Help You Repair Your Credit ? If so, don’t miss Ryan’s post about how they can be an option for repairing bad credit at The Better Credit Blog.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 5, 2011

5 Pieces of Advice to Tell Your Child About Money is a series that will run every Tuesday for the next few weeks where some of the top personal finance bloggers share their thoughts on this topic. Living below your means is the foundation of personal finance. Treat credit wisely.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 9, 2021

We didn’t carry over credit card balances, we paid off our car notes early, and the interest rate on the student loan was at a low 2.75%. We agreed that credit card debt wasn’t very smart, but a car loan? Our personal finances are so interwoven with our small business finances that we view them as one.

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Saving Everyday

JULY 30, 2012

Get a free credit score & chance to win $250 ~. Credit Sesame wants to help you ease the ‘Back to School” stress. Don’t worry about raking up those credit card bills, or putting a dent in your savings. Don’t worry about raking up those credit card bills, or putting a dent in your savings. How to Enter?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

While my spouse and I were in the throes of child rearing we didn’t think much about providing an intentional or structured set of lessons around personal finance. No, we won’t put that on the credit card and pay for it later. Credit cards require maturity. Of course we misused those cards!

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For the Mommas

JULY 28, 2012

You can get a totally free credit report (thru Experian and enter to win $250.00). Credit Sesame wants to help you ease the ‘Back to School” stress. Credit Sesame wants to help you ease the ‘Back to School” stress. Don’t worry about raking up those credit card bills, or putting a dent in your savings.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Do you have enough cash to cover them or would you have to rely on high interest credit cards or a loan from family? With little money in their bank accounts, these Americans couldn’t afford these unfortunate expenses without using a credit card or maybe relying on a loan from family and friends. A Very Tough Year.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 10, 2012

Credit Card Repayment Calculator. There is no shortage of credit card repayment calculators available online. While independently going green and improving personal finance is admirable, it’s not ideal considering how much free information and resources exist on the Internet.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Prairie Eco-Thrifter has Been Featured in the Canadian Finance Carnival # 22 [link] #. Prairie Eco-Thrifter has Been Featured in the Carnival of Personal Finance # 295 [link] #. Prairie Eco-Thrifter has Been Featured in the Carnival of Personal Finance # 295 [link] #. The Gotcha’s of Gas Credit Cards [link] #.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

Since there seems to be so much in the news lately about credit cards- the good ones, the bad ones, the ugly ones, the fee free ones, the reward ones, the secured ones, etc. I figured I would talk about credit cards as today’s theme. Funancials : Should I Cancel My Credit Card? Read away my friends.

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Nicoles Nickels

JANUARY 2, 2012

Credit Sesame : Credit Sesame is a 100% FREE personal finance credit and debt management tool with no credit card required or trial period. Credit Sesame makes managing personal credit online, owing less in interest and saving on mortgage, loan & credit card payments easy!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 6, 2012

Justin presents Know the Common Mistakes with Your Personal Finances posted at Budget Snob , saying, “Many people make the same financial mistakes. Here are several of them and the best way to avoid them. TSI presents Superior professional mutual fund manager performance.

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Fashion Without Guilt

MAY 9, 2011

If you want to still plan that vacation this year, Christian Personal Finance wrote a great article outling how to travel and get the &# bang for your buck&#. Travelocity with the Travelocity Credit Card. The Travelocity card has a $35 annual fee. worth of flights.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. Three to six months living expenses used to be what the personal finance experts recommended, but in today's environment, maybe six months to a year is more prudent. It was a scary time for us.

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Nicoles Nickels

JULY 25, 2012

Credit Sesame wants to help you ease the Back to School financial strain. Don’t worry about raking up those credit card bills, or putting a dent in your savings. Credit Sesame will help you manage your finances, and unlock your credit potential. This is a limited time offer, so get in quick! .

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 14, 2011

Consumer Boomer presents How To Be Frugal With Your Credit Card posted at Consumer Boomer , saying, “Frugal use of a credit card can actually save you money rather than cost you money! Here’s how…&#.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

For example, you should avoid putting personal expenses on a business credit card. In those cases, you can preserve limited liability protections only by separating business and personal finances. Liabilities and owner’s equity go on the right side of the equation and are credited.

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