It can be done. One couple managed to save $98,000 in 5 years to buy their first house in New York. These two can-doers were by no means earning high salaries (a little over $100,000 combined by the end of the 5 years and much less at the beginning) all the while living in Manhattan, [...]
I’m in the airport on my way to Canada right now. While I’m bored, I figured that I should write to you about some of the ways you can save money in the airport since everything is more expensive inside than out. Airline Tickets I mainly use Expedia because of its flexibility in combining flights [...]
Going to car washes seem to be a very region specific phenomenon. When I was in Canada, there is no such thing as a hand car wash place. Well, there is but those places are only for the richest of the rich. Yet, they are everywhere in Southern California. Since I don’t really have access [...]
For many of us, the library is not a place we remember anymore. If I ask my friends right now about it, they would not even know where one is located. Some might not even be able to guarantee that one exists. I conducted a survey at the front door of the grocery store where [...]
Laura Rowley from Yahoo Finance wrote a great article titled Five Credit Card Traps to Avoid. Here are some quotes from the article along how we need to interpret them. …more than 9 in 10 Americans don’t know how long it would take to pay off their credit card bill if they made only the minimum payments. [...]
Would you rather own a brand new BMW 7-series instead of the car you are driving now if the purchase price is the same? What if I tell you that it will cost you $150 USD if you lose the key to the BMW? What about $6000 to fix a dent on your door? Would [...]
