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Best Money Tips: Lower Your Heat Bill

Today we found some great articles on tips to lower your heat bill, ways to further your job search, and tips to save money during the holidays.

Best Money Tips: Entertaining on a Budget

Today we found some great articles on entertaining on a budget, saving money at restaurants, and how to use LinkedIn.

7 Easy Ways to Budget for Summer Vacation

You can't wait to kick back and relax — but are you saving enough money for your summer getaway? Here's how to be sure!

Best Money Tips: Making Fast, Healthy Meals on a Budget

Today we found some handy tips for making healthy meals, boosting your energy, and writing professional emails.

Best Money Tips: Cheap and Fun Ideas for Easter

Today we found some great articles on cheap and fun ideas for Easter, improving your resume, and tax tips to make your life easier.

5 Romantic Wedding Locations That Won't Cost a Fortune

Choosing the right venue is is hard and often expensive. Save money by skipping the hotel and country club and get wed somewhere fun — and cheap.

Best Money Tips: 10 Money-Saving Summer Vegetables

Today we found some great articles on money-saving vegetables to use this summer, crucial financial habits for form in your 20s, and ways to save on gas.

Best Money Tips: Budget Vacation Tips

Today we found some great articles on budget vacation tips, ideas to help save on wedding flowers, and getting a raise in a difficult economy.

Interview with AFFIL executive director Jim Campen

Early in the subprime lending collapse, Wise Bread posted a report from Americans for Fairness in Lending explaining how the subprime lending boom hurt everyone. Since it's a

Instructables for the Extreme Cheap Lifestyle

Are you a super cheapskate with an affinity for making everything yourself? Here are some Instructables that will tickle your fancy! Learn to furnish your home, gather food, and

Ask The Readers: When Did You Start Saving For Retirement?

Tell us when you started saving for retirement and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!

Ask the Readers: Do You Prefer Getting Gift Cards or Cash?

Tell us if you prefer getting gift cards or cash and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!

Celebrate Love, Not Money, With These Recycled Valentine's Day Gifts

Leave the Valentine's Day clichés at the store. These fun (and thrifty!) secondhand gifts are sure to please a frugal-hearted partner.

Ask the Readers: Do You Have a Side Gig?

Tell us whether you have a side gig and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!

Ask the Readers: What Goals Did You Achieve in 2015?

Tell us about the goals you achieved in 2015 and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!

Ask the Readers: What Do You Enjoy Most About the Holidays?

Tell us what you enjoy most about the holidays and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!

5 Tips to Get the Most Out of a Library Sale

Library sales aren't always for the faint of heart, and the huge selection plus low prices can be overwhelming. Follow these tips for a better trip next time.

It takes a frugal spouse to make a frugal home

Something of an exaggeration, of course—a one-person household can be very frugal. But there's an underlying truth: A household is only as frugal as its least-frugal member.

The Informational Interview: What Not To Say and More

I have encountered job seekers who had taken part in informational interviews but seemed to find them fruitless. Admittedly, having helped many clients using a straightforward appr

Best Money Tips: How to Be Successful

Today we found some stellar articles on how to be successful, top tech for saving and managing your money, and ways to annoy your boss.