by Brian Carr on October 17, 2011
Share I know things have been quiet on Saving Without a Budget lately, and I apologize. That being said, I have a legit reason – I’m now a published author! Over the past month, I’ve been working to get my ebook How to Make a Budget: Simple Budget Techniques and Ways to Save Money up [...]
by Brian Carr on August 19, 2011
Share This afternoon, my wife and I got a check from our mortgage company for overpayment of our escrow account. Since we weren’t expecting the money, it was certainly a nice surprise, and got us talking about what we might like to do with the money. Getting money you weren’t expecting, like in our case, [...]
by Brian Carr on August 12, 2011
Share Apparently lots of people still don’t trust banks and financial institutions nearly three years after the financial crisis, which, to be perfectly honest, leaves me shaking my head. In an article entitled “Stashing Cash in Tampon Boxes – And Other Sneaky Spots” published on CNNMoney, author Blake Ellis writes about all the weird places [...]
by Brian Carr on August 10, 2011
Share In a sad sign of the times, a recent survey found that a majority of Americans do not have enough cash in savings to be able to deal with just a $1,000 emergency expense. Considering most of us will face an unforeseen expense this large or larger in our lives, this statistic is very, [...]