Best Money Tips: Improve Your Conversation Skills

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Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some awesome articles on ways to improve your conversation skills, how a shutdown can hurt you, and 5 tax rip-offs.

Top 5 Articles

7 Ways to Improve Your Conversation Skills — Improve your conversation skills by noticing details. [Life Optimizer]

13 Ways a Shutdown Can Hurt You — If there is a shutdown, you probably won't get weather updates from the National Weather Service. [The Fiscal Times via MSN Money]

5 Tax Rip-Offs — Unlike homeowners, renters get no tax breaks. What a rip-off! [SmartMoney]

Save Money on Pet Care — Save money on pet care by bartering services. [Cash Money Life]

Shocker: Cheap Liquid Dish Soap Cleans Just As Well As The Pricey Stuff — Don't waste your money on pricey dish soap. Cheaper brands work just as well! [The Consumerist]

Other Essential Reading

5 Ways to Stimulate the Economy with Your Tax Refund — Want to use your tax refund to stimulate the economy? Then take a vacation! [Bargaineering]

10 Tips for Staying Productive During Vacation Time — Stay productive on your next vacation by checking and answering emails for 30 minutes a day. [Freelance Switch]

How to Negotiate Your Rent — When negotiating your rent, offer to pay early. [Money Hacker]

What Is An IEP And How Do I Know If My Child Needs One? — If your child has ADD, he or she may need an Individual Education Program, or an IEP. [Parenting Squad]

Crack Eggs on Flat Surfaces for Less Shell and Better Safety — Want to prevent bits of shell from getting into your eggs? Try cracking them on a flat surface. [Lifehacker]