It’s time that you stop renewing your AAA membership. There are plenty of great, low-cost options for roadside assistance that make the yearly payout on AAA a complete waste of your family’s money. AAA is pretty much a rite of passage. A child collects their license at which time parents turn over their keys...
Ouch! Have you ventured out to the gas pump lately? Hurricane Isaac has made landfall and we are all familiar with how the natural disaster plays out. The seas rise, the rain falls, the winds topple and the gas prices soar. In fact, prices jumped $.05 just today alone. Of course gas prices have...
Entrepreneurs frequently need to flex, bend and break the rules of personal finance. Sometimes it means putting up safe assets for a risky investment. At other times an entrepreneur needs to accept a higher total cost to abate short term cash issues. No matter the rule you break, an entrepreneur wants the risk to...
There are many important things in life. Your money is somewhere at the top, along with faith, family and friends. Where you place your dirty dishes would be somewhere in the middle; above chewing 27 times, but below putting the seat down. At least, that’s where it is for me. Far and away the...
Relax. This is going to be a cheerier than usual post about life insurance. I can’t avoid using the “death” word, but I’m not going to tell you stories about families without life insurance. Unfortunately, it’s not because I don’t have a few personal experiences to share. Quite frankly, it wouldn’t do you any...
Want to earn $25 and get free roadside assistance in about 5 minutes? American Express is offering families a $25 gift card when you sign up and load your prepaid debit card with $200. Even better, AMEX prepaid debit cards qualify for their free roadside assistance program. This month My Family Finances was approved...
Baby Boomers have a lot of perceptions about their children and one of the most controversial is the idea that the Millenial generation is lazy. A boomerang kid is the more patronizing phrase bandied about the media. The idea is that young kids have no ambition and thus find their way back to mom...
It’s been far too long since I’ve shared my favorite family finance posts of the week. Although I’ve been out of it, I’m proud to announce that going forward my links carry a little more weight with the Google Gods. My Family Finances has finally achieved page rank and it is a 5 and...
Ever write a post that strikes the wrong chord with commenters? I’ve been featured on Yahoo Finance almost weekly for the last few months. It’s been great for traffic and page rank. Plus, who could complain about writing for such a large audience. However, it’s not all beer and pizza. Sometimes, it means being...
You’ve all seen me overanalyze the family grocery bill, now I’ll take it a little further and show you tricks to making your meals cheaper. If you haven’t read the numbers behind the average family grocery bill, I encourage you to do so. This post is all about expanding on the idea of managing...
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