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Gaying Up Your Gasoline Purchases
Shopping for gas is an inevitable reality for most of us, especially living outside of urban areas with good public transit. While we’ve all learned the importance of putting our money behind things we support, that’s a bit harder when it comes to gas. Unfortunately, there’s no handy-dandy, gay-approved label at the pump. Most gas…
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The Movement to Smaller Banks
Smaller Banks, Fewer Problems? With the crash of the mega-banks, more and more Americans are looking away from Citibank, Wells Fargo, and Chase and toward the bank on the corner or other smaller banking options. What can your locally owned bank do for you and your money? What should you look for if you’re planning…
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Health Insurance for the Self-Employed
Self employment offers many benefits. You can be your own boss, set your own hours, and even control your income to some extent. Unfortunately, it also means walking away from corporate benefits, including health insurance, 401K plans and more. While you can easily save for retirement with an IRA, finding good quality and affordable health…
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Small Business Start Up Loans
While the current economy has made starting a small business harder than ever, many people are considering venturing out on their own. A job loss or fears regarding job security may push a thought into action, but regardless of the motivation, learning how to access the funds to start your own small business is a…
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Holiday Credit Card Debt
Happy Groundhog Day, Queercents readers! It is I, your friendly neighborhood vlogger, back from hiatus with a new blog post on holiday credit card debt. I know the holidays are long gone, but if you’re young and just went through your first holiday season without school as an excuse, you probably racked up the charges…
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Stretch Your Food Dollar: Searching for Culinary Inspiration
Do you ever feel like you’re uninspired in the kitchen? I’ve written about getting into a food rut before, but this is a constant challenge that all home cooks face from time to time. Food ruts can be dangerous, because it’s easy to start relying on convenience foods and restaurants to fill the void –…
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What Rights Do Renters Have When Their Landlord Goes Into Foreclosure?
Imagine you’re a renter. You’ve been paying your rent faithfully every month. Then you come home from work one day to find an eviction notice on your door. Your landlord has defaulted on the property, a bank is the new landlord, and they’re forcing you to get out. What do you do? For the past…
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Stretch Your Food Dollar: Making a Meal Plan
I recently had dinner with a friend who asked me if I could teach her how to cook. She and her husband eat out every night because neither one of them knows how to cook, and it’s really taking its toll on their budget. “I need to know how to cook cheap, healthy food, and…
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Does Your Attitude Determine Your Financial Outcome?
It’s the New Year, and many of us are making resolutions for 2010. My 2010 goals are very similar to last year, but I’ve added some new goals, too: Track all my expenses Spend $350 a month or less on food Put $200 a month in savings Try one new recipe each week Write every…
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Stretch Your Food Dollar: Regroup and Recommit
As the New Year approaches, many of us are reevaluating our budgets, looking at our goals from the past year, and setting resolutions for the year to come. Maybe you stuck to all of your goals, and maybe you fell off the wagon near the end of the year. Either way, January is a great…
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