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How to Use Social Media to Help in Your Job Search

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Let's face it, the job market is a disaster. Those who fail to keep up with technology could be left behind in the job search. Show your proactive side by using social media to help you find your next job and prosper during tough times.Read the rest...

5 Steps to Spring Clean Your Finances

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After a long winter, many people give their home a thorough spring cleaning in order to start the season off fresh with a new perspective. This idea should apply to all aspects of your life, not just your home. By sorting through the financial clutter, you can better see where your budget strengths and weaknesses are in order to meet your current goals more effectively.Read the rest...

Keep Your Wardrobe Fresh: Host a Fashion Swap with Friends

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Fashion trends can be exhausting to keep up with and it is hurting your bank account. Just when you've acquired half of the hottest items from one season, it's on to the next. One great way to stay fashionable without spending a dime is by hosting or attending a fashion swap. It's easy. Enlist a few girlfriends to go through their closets and dig out the items they no longer wear, and then host a party to display the items. Friends can eat and catch-up while they exchange clothes, shoes and accessories.Read the rest...

What You Need to Know About Foster Care Subsidy

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If you are thinking of becoming a foster parent so that you can enjoy a little boost to your income, prepare to be sadly disappointed. The subsidies that states pay foster parents for childcare are usually just enough to cover the basic needs of the child. Before you get approval as a foster parent, you will have to prove that your family is financially stable without the subsidy. Foster care subsidies are not designed to help you get out of debt or put you in a better income bracket.Read the rest...

5 iPhone Apps to Help You Save and Manage Your Money

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Apple’s iPhone has revolutionized the stagnant industry of smartphones (which was long dominated by the never changing Pocket PC and Windows Mobile) and has given it a new life. Suddenly, phone manufacturers realized they actually can build great smartphones that are also easy to use, which can be sold to the mainstream population and not only to geeks or tech enthusiasts.Read the rest...

3 Straightfoward Personal Finance Tips

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These days it seems like everyone is a little crunched for money, or not quite as...generous...as they used to be, especially for those just out of college or in their twenties. Money is definitely an issue. It always has been, but with the recession and the job market, people are finding the crunch harder and harder to bear.Read the rest...

The Art of Finding a Good Roommate

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A good roommate is one that suits your personality, has tolerable cleanliness habits, pays bills on time, knows when it is quiet time, does not mind when it is not quiet time and has pets or no pets, depending on your taste. That's a long list. Get it wrong, and you could be out a lot of money. Follow these guidelines to be sure you get it right!Read the rest...

Foreclosure of Rental Property and Tenant Rights

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Know your rights as a tenant.

If you are a renter, foreclosure may not be a problem that has ever entered your mind. Unfortunately, more renters are finding themselves in the unique situation of living in property an owner has let slide into foreclosure. Do you have rights in this scenario? If so, what are they?Read the rest...

Presidents’ Day Sales Offer the Best Deals Around

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Presidents’ Day falls at one of the best times of year for great consumer deals. The middle of February is when retailers begin to get serious about making room for the current year's spring items by clearing out last year's stale merchandise. That can mean a bonanza of low prices for shoppers who know what to look for. You probably won't see candy or flower prices drop until after Valentine's Day, but the deals in other categories should be too good to pass up.Read the rest...

Saving Money: Life is Tough - So Get Tougher

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If you are like most people in the world and struggling financially it can sometimes feel like standing on the bottom of a lake looking up. Stress levels mount with each new setback or unexpected bill until you can't help but wonder if you'll ever see your way clear again. You get nailed with late fee after late fee even after trying to deal with the people you owe, but they just keep coming.

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