Posts Tagged ‘family’

Prenatal Workout: Saving for Baby Without Breaking a Sweat

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Continuing our series this week on managing finances during major life changes, guest writer Melissa Ezarik shares some great tips on how to exercise(get it?) good judgement when saving for a baby.

With a little one on the way, making room – and gearing up – for baby are top to-do’s. Expecting to focus more on baby than bills after the big arrival? Of course. That’s why you should flex some organizational muscle to improve finances now.

Saving for Baby Without Breaking a Sweat
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Survey Says…

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We just wrapped up a Harris Interactive® online survey looking at consumers’ attitudes toward the recession and how consumer behavior has changed due to the financial crisis. We’ve pulled out a few tidbits for you here:

Relationships

• Among adults who said the recession had impacted them personally, one in five (20 percent) said it had increased the number of arguments in their households regarding money.

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Rev up Your Rental

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The following post is from our guest author, Phil Taylor from a blog we admire, PT Money.

This post is part of a special PerkStreet series about taking the next step to living in your dream home, whether you buy or rent.

So how do you get into your dream home as a renter? Some argue that by it’s very nature a rental is a dream home: no property taxes, no mortgage, no yard or landscape to worry about, and a landlord on call 24/7 to help fix any problems you have. Sounds nice. Unfortunately, when it comes to making home improvements, you’re somewhat limited by what the owner wants and approves. Lucky for you, I’ve gathered up a few simple and inexpensive ways to make your rental more like the home of your dreams.

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Ripe for Refinancing

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This guest post comes to us from guest blogger Jim Wang. Jim writes about personal finance at Bargaineering.com.

This post is part of a special PerkStreet series about taking the next step to living in your dream home, whether you buy or rent.

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Moving Toward a Mortgage

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Written by guest blogger Ryan Guina of Cash Money Life. Ryan is a writer, small business owner, entrepreneur, and professional in the corporate world. He also runs The Military Wallet.

This post is part of a special PerkStreet series about taking the next step to living in your dream home, whether you buy or rent.

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