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Saving Secrets to Keep Your Next Family Vacation under Budget

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Family vacations are something everyone looks forward to all year long. It’s a time where you can focus on being together and experiencing new things. Unfortunately, it seems like travel only gets more expensive, especially as kids get older and you need more cash for food, souvenirs, and plane seating. For your next family trip, use these tricks to make the ordeal a little less expensive.

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Tips for First-time Home Buyers

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Buying a new home is an exciting adventure that requires careful planning and budgeting. Real Estate agents often break market conditions into two classifications i.e. a “Buyer’s Market” or a “Seller’s Market”. In the first eight years of the new millennium much of the world experienced a housing bubble. During this time the world was awash in liquidity and the real estate market was considered to be a seller’s market. Property was thought to “always appreciate” and so it was in high demand. In a typical sellers market homes receive multiple offers often within days or even hours of being listed. This would result in the price being bid up above the seller’s initial asking price. A buyer’s market will provide more flexibility in financing and room for negotiation. First-time home buyers can benefit from a few tips on navigating the higher standards of mortgages and what to look for in that first new house.

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Tricks to Help You Survive Retirement Financially

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Financial advisers strongly recommend that before you consider retirement you should be debt free. After all, if you couldn’t pay your debts with a higher income, how will you be able to do so with a reduced retirement income? But sometimes things don’t work out as planned, perhaps you are forced to retire earlier than planned due to downsizing or health issues, so it’s a good idea to have a backup plan in place.

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Planning Your Future: 4 Tips to Financial Security

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Depending on your financial background… becoming financially secure can be an impossible dream, a wish, a goal or a foregone conclusion. We all know that financial stress can cause everything from relationship problems to health issues. So making financial security a reality will benefit you more than just financially. But what makes the difference between financial security being a dream and a reality? Most of the difference is in your head. Donald Trump could lose all his money and become a millionaire again very quickly primarily because he knows how to do it. Where if you gave someone in the Ghetto a million dollars he would probably be poor again in about the same amount of time. Here are four tips to get you started on the right track.

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End-of-Year Tax Prepping: What Should You Do By December’s End?

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Most people are extremely busy from November through year end. The combined holiday season seems to get busier with Thanksgiving followed by purchasing Christmas gifts and putting up decorations. With all of the festivities, it can be easy to forget that tax season is just around the corner. By acting wisely and taking a few simple steps before year end you may be able to save a bundle on your taxes.

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Nautica Beach Chair

How the Nautica Beach Chair Saved Me Hundreds of Dollars

Frugality, Vacation / By

This being prime vacation season I thought I’d tell you a bit about my vacation. On Monday I set out from Virginia on my way to a week on the coast of South Carolina. Fortunately for us the sharks are hanging out a few hundred miles North of here. The weather is beautiful and the water is warm and inviting.

But like most tourist areas it seems that everything is designed to separate the hapless traveler from his hard earned money. But being a die-hard “frugalista” I’ve worked out a system to keep my money where it belongs i.e. in MY pocket.

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Brand Building: Five Ideas to Kick Start Your Small Business

Small Business / By

When you are first starting out with your own small business, you need to develop a brand so customers are able to know who you are and what you stand for. A brand is much more than a logo. The promise your business makes, the way you present your brand visually, and your company’s focus on customers help to define your brand and what you represent. Take time to work on these details when you are starting out so you can better communicate what you offer to your clients or customers. This process can take some time, but it allows you to be more competitive in your industry.

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Retirement

Saving Now: How to Prepare Financially for Your Retirement

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It is essential to start saving money as soon as you can, in order to have enough money during your retirement. There are many ways to save money for retirement including personal savings accounts, retirement savings plans from your employer, and Individual Retirement Accounts, also known as IRA’s. Take a look at these different ideas for saving you money and preparing for your future the right way.

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