Only having to pay 2% of your total credit-card balance a month makes charging tempting...but with interest, you could also pay more than double your original purchase price.
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Entertain friends and family for cheap this year and and have a merry old time — once at the party, and again on bill pay day.
How to live on $12,000 a year
In my first job out of college, I was on 12,000 English pounds per year. That was back in London in 1996, i was single, lived with two friends and only had rent and travel to pay for. And I still remember how tough that was. [more]
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Follow These 5 Credit Card Rules When Traveling Abroad
Travel is fun, and if you budget and plan well, it's affordable. Just don't let bad credit card habits eat up all your hard won savings.
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If getting rich quick was easy, we'd all be doing it.
The vicious Home Rental Scam – don’t get conned.
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How to Respond to House-Shaming
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