Raise your hand if you know you could be doing something to save a nice bit of cash each week but for some reason or another you just don’t. Maybe you have a hard time getting your act together to pack a lunch each week or somehow you never find the time to look for [...]
Getting married is one of the biggest decisions anyone can make in life. You continually learn things about your spouse as you spend more and more time together having conversations about anything and everything. Naturally, finances are a common topic that will come up. It is a touchy subject for married couples at times, which [...]
We’ve all heard that “money can’t buy happiness,” and by now many of us are aware of a recent study that showed that, when you earn more than $75,000 a year your levels of happiness don’t increase very much. While you probably won’t find lasting happiness based entirely on how much money you manage to [...]
We’re experiencing an extended “mud season” here in Ohio, but the unusually warm above-freezing weather has many of us Northerners plotting ways to prepare for the inevitable Big Chill that’s sure to hit any day now. Winter heating costs in the cooler states can be downright brutal for some homeowners, especially if you live in [...]
With the high price of gas and heightened care for the environment, electric cars seem to fit a perfect niche in the automobile industry. They offer great efficiency and a clean source of energy, but do their benefits outweigh their uncertainties? From a financial standpoint these cars can save you in the long run. The [...]
The new economic reality is forcing many to broaden their search for new employment. This means looking for jobs outside of their local area with commutes of an hour or more each way. But how much does a commute really cost? Is it just time, or are you wasting other precious resources too? Long Commutes [...]
