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Navigating Your Way to A New Home - Unit 1
Unit 1 - Complete unit materials cover: renting versus owning, housing priorities, how to evaluate homes and house plans, how to determine housing price limits, how to choose your home-buying professional team, shopping resources, how to negotiate purchase price of home, your housing rights and what needs inspecting prior to purchasing a home.
Vehicle Maintenance - What can you (safely) do yourself, to save money?
Some of the practical and performable routine maintenance tasks that vehicle owners can do themselves to save money.
PowerPay Program
Power Pay
The LSU AgCenter offers a computer debt-reduction analysis called "PowerPay" that will calculate the fastest way to repay your creditors while paying the least amount of interest.
Saving Your Green -- Resource & Finance Conservation
Being frugal is important for managing in tough t.imes, and going "green" with resource conservation can also help the bottom line in your budget.
Stretching Food Dollars
There are lots of ways you can stretch your food dollar and save money on groceries. Here are tips to help you save with planning, shopping and preparation.
Making Spending Choices
Make Spending Choices to Reach Your Goals
We have lots of choices to make about how to spend our money. These choices determine if we have the money to get the things we really need and want. Follow these tips to make the best spending choices for you and your family.
What color is your money?
What Color Is Your Money?
Money values can cause conflict in relationships. Financial issues are among the leading causes of divorce. Stress and health problems can be cause by worry over money. We learn our money values from many sources. What does money mean to you? Test yourself now.
Gifts Can Benefit Recipient And Charity At Same Time
Spring is full of gift-giving opportunities, but the kinds of gifts have changed for many people.
Lost Your Job? Financial Survival Tips for the Recession
Financial Survival Tips for the Recession
Strategies for Successful Retirement
How much money will you need to retire comfortably? The answer depends on your lifestyle expectations and goals. Other factors to consider include the age at which you plan to retire, your life expectancy, the amount and type of employer benefits (if any) and the amount and growth rate of your savings and investments.
How to Handle Checking Account Problems
Account verification companies keep track of overdrafts and account closures for banks and credit unions. If you believe there are errors on your record, disputes can be filed with the companies.
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Getting More for Your Gas Dollar
Saving money at the gas pump and while driving your car. Some intersting tips for everyone who drives.
Volunteers Can Claim Expenses On Tax Forms
A number of tax benefits are available to volunteers. Donors and volunteers can deduct out-of-pocket expenses directly related to the services given to a charitable organization if they itemize deductions on their tax returns.
Income tax changes increase refunds
People are filing their 2008 income tax returns earlier this year, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Early filing statistics also show that the average individual refund is up. Reasons for larger refunds may include benefits from tax breaks such as the first-time homebuyer credit. If you haven’t filed yet, there is still time.
Easy Program Helps Calculate Amount To Save For Retirement
Do you know how much money you need to save for retirement? According to the 2005 Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS), only about four in 10 workers surveyed have tried to determine how much they will need to save for a comfortable retirement.
Talking to Your Preschooler About Money
Children develop attitudes about money at an early age. As a parent, you can influence what your child learns about how money works. Here are tips to help you teach your preschooler about your family's values.
Job Interviews and Clothes
Job interviews can be a challenge for most of us, and finding a job during a recession can be even more challenging than usual. Here are some tips on how to dress to make the best possible first impression when you do get a job interview.
Considering a Pet?
Pet care costs: Cost-to-own is a relevant consideration for pet ownership. Even a free and healthy pet can cost more than $1,000 a year to maintain. Be sure you can afford the ownership costs for the projected life time of the animal you are considering for a pet.
Financial Security in Tough Times
Some helpful tips from the experts to help you get through the recession.
Identity Theft Prevention Information for Seniors
According to the FTC, there were more than 8 million identity theft victims in 2006 and 2007. There is a global black market for stolen identities. Your Social Security number is the key to credit and banking accounts and the main target of criminals. How do you protect yourself?
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