Best Money Tips: How to Make Your Home Look Cleaner Than It Is

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Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found articles on hacks that make your home look cleaner than it actually is, quick ways to save on groceries, and cheap and fun ways to cool off this summer.

Top 5 Articles

11 Brilliant Hacks To Make Your Home Look Cleaner Than It Is — If you don't have time for anything else, make sure the Three T's — televisions, tabletops, and toilets — are dust- and grime-free. [A Debt Free Mess Free Life]

5 Quick Ways to Save Money On Groceries This Week — Pay with cash when you go to the grocery store. You can designate an amount to spend on groceries each month, put the cash in an envelope, and take it with you to the store. This forces you to keep a strict grocery budget and helps curb spending. [Everybody Loves Your Money]

5 Cheap (and Fun) Ways to Cool Off This Summer — Make your own frozen treats by freezing your favorite drink in a cup or popsicle mold. [Parenting Squad]

Five sites for finding the perfect baby sitter — Care.com and SitterCity are the market leaders. They work the same way and offer similar features, so the deciding factor may be the popularity of the sites in your area. [The Monitor]

The Laws of Wealth: Secrets to Investing Success — Investing can seem confusing and risky when you don't know where to start. Join Experian's #CreditChat tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET to learn how to invest successfully. [Experian]

Other Essential Reading

10 Things Interviewers Really Want to Know When They Ask These Questions — When an interviewer gives you an incredibly hard problem, they really just want to see how you handle stress and whether you can work out the steps to find a solution. [PopSugar Smart Living]

How to Begin Homesteading Without a Farm — Start small! The homesteading lifestyle is all about self-reliance, so start growing your own veggie garden, cooking from scratch, and making your own soap. [Saving Dollars & Sense]

9 Purse Organizing Ideas + Tips to Lighten your Load! — Only carry the keys you use on a regular basis. Leave the rest at home! [The Frugal Girls]

How to Take Back Your Time in Just 5 Simple Steps — Think about what your ideal life would look like five years from now. Then, set specific goals that will help you make this vision a reality. [Living Well Spending Less]

Movie Night: How To Have More Fun AND Save Money! — You can spend a small fortune on drinks and snacks if you buy them at a theater. Instead, stop by a restaurant or bar for happy hour before the show. [Clever Dude]