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How Much is Your Commute Costing You?

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You also have to think about insurance costs (many auto insurers base your premium on how many miles you travel each year). We managed to avoid having it show up on the insurance, but we still had a hefty fine to pay. When you are in an accident, or when you receive a ticket, your insurance premium goes up.

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Save Money on Rent

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This is one of the most hated landlording tasks and should be worth some hefty reductions. How to Save Money on Car Insurance. Handy man – For a continuing rent reduction, offer to be the go to person for the rest of the tenants when things go bong in the night. Have you ever traded your services for rent reductions?

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The 5 Most Important Personal Finance Lessons to Teach your Child

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You wouldn’t want to make a mistake and pay hefty fees. Even if the possibility is remote, you need at least an introduction to what you need to think about and do if you should inherit, win the lottery, get a huge insurance or lawsuit settlement or come into large amounts of money all of a sudden some other way.

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16 Important Legal Requirements for Starting a Small Business

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Purchase workers’ compensation insurance. In all states but Texas, most businesses with employees are legally required to purchase workers’ compensation insurance. This insurance covers medical and legal costs associated with work-related employee injuries and illnesses.

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Why We Chose Medi-Share, an affordable solution to traditional health insurance

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Health insurance is a touchy subject and everyone has a different point of view depending on their own life experience. For us, health insurance became a thorn in our side many years ago when I left a corporate job with benefits for a life of self-employment. We were basically buying catastrophic insurance. Sleepless Nights.

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How To Prepare for Affordable Travel

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Do you have a credit card that allows you to make foreign transactions without a hefty fee? How to Take a Frugal (or Free) Vacation or Trip 4 Good Reasons To Buy Travel Insurance Limiting the Financial Damage of a Data Breach Staycations Are For Suckers! Will you withdraw local currency directly from the ATM? Travel Tips'

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How To Get Your Budget To Balance

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is for ‘other’ expenses and this category includes things like education, gifts, vacations, personal care, tobacco and alcohol, contributions, personal insurances, pensions and miscellaneous expenses. The chances are you already have a hefty credit card debt you are trying to pay off, so adding to it is only going to make things harder.

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