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Aspire to be a Minimalist

by Brian Carr on November 17, 2011

Share A while back, I wrote about how my wife and I spent the better part of a weekend doing a deep clean of our home. We went through every room in the house and ended up donating or trashing old clothes, dishes, cooking utensils, DVDs, useless papers, you name it. And, as I stated [...]

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Share Well, apparently the author bug has really bitten me, because I’ve already released another book for the Amazon Kindle! The book, “Family Money: Easy Ways to Cut Your Family’s Expenses,” is a light-hearted how-to book on ways to drastically slash your monthly expenses without correspondingly affecting your lifestyle. Through years of writing on Saving [...]

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Household Items That Save You Money

by Brian Carr on August 31, 2011

Share Today while scanning my usual personal finance sites I came across an interesting video (see below) on household gadgets that not only pay for themselves, but eventually end up saving you a little bit of money. The video made me think of an interesting point, probably something which my much smarter readers have already [...]

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Don’t Make These 10 First Time Homebuyer Mistakes

by Brian Carr on August 29, 2011

Share Thanks to record low mortgage rates and home prices that have fallen roughly one-third on a national level from the real estate bubble’s peak, buying a home is now more affordable than it has been in decades. (NOTE: This takes into consideration the price of the house/mortgage only, not other costs such as HOA [...]

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