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Three Expensive Sources of Quick Cash

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Your friends and family can be one source of funds if you need help. When I was in college, I was too proud to ask my parents for help, and ended up getting a payday loan to cover the rent when I started a new job and hadn’t received a paycheck yet. If you have friends and family you can turn to, try that first.

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Best Private Student Loans and Current Rates

Savings Corner

Recent studies on paying for college Sallie Mae study: Less than half of families with college-bound students feel confident about paying for college. Among families with college-bound students, 47% think they’ll need to borrow to finance a college education, according to Sallie Mae’s 2022 College Confidence study.

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Meet a Reader | M from the PNW

The Frugal Girl

When my husband finished his apprenticeship program we wanted to start a family and so we had to make some real changes to the way we were living to survive on one income. Mostly anything I (or my family) want to eat I can make from scratch. A lot of our vacations are camping/backpacking out of our family sedan.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Yeah, There’s a Calculator for That Refinancing your mortgage to a lower rate and paying the same amount is an interesting sound-byte from Personal Finance Bloggers – but has anyone really run the numbers? Family Money Values: Who Manages Your Money? You will learn exactly what settings, plugins, and themes he uses.

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