Beware of Email Fraud – Protect Your Identity
If your email box is anything like mine, I’m sure you have a process for those you open and delete. The most annoying emails I receive are the fraudulent ones. You know the emails that claim you’ve won the lottery, a car or an inheritance from someone you never even...
Have You Booked Your Holiday Travel Plans Yet?
It’s hard to believe this year’s almost over. We’re halfway through October and before you know it - Thanksgiving will be here. Have you booked your holiday travel plans yet? Thanksgiving and Christmas are the busiest times of the year for travel and considering the...
Take Advantage of Additional Savings at Checkout
Have you ever paid attention to the coupons you receive at checkout? Some stores print them on the back of your sales receipt and others dispense them from a machine. If you’ve never looked at them you may be passing up on some great savings. As for me, I usually sort...
Bank of America Halts Foreclosure Sales in All Fifty States
Finally, there is some good news on the Foreclosures Gone Wrong front. On Thursday, October 7th, President Obama vetoed a bill to speed up foreclosures given the flaws in the foreclosure process. On October 8th Bank of America, the nation’s largest bank, announced...
Foreclosures Gone Wrong
How would you feel if the house you paid for in cash was foreclosed? Picture the house you own (no mortgage) being seized by the bank, all of your possessions removed and the locks changed. You've become a victim of foreclosures gone wrong. Paying cash for something...
Are the Best Things in Life Free?
“The best things in life are free” is an American Proverb. Do you believe it? The saying is so popular that there have been songs, books, musicals and poems written to tell you why - the best things in life are free. I thought about this saying when I read...
5 Important Things You Need to Know Before Settling Debt
Are you thinking about settling your debt on your own? While there may be debt settlement companies offering to do it for you, you can do it yourself and save money on fees. Plus, many creditors prefer working directly with you over the debt settlement companies...
New FTC Rules for Debt Settlement Companies in Effect
Are you tired of hearing those debt relief commercials that sound 'too good to be true'? They tout irresistible offers to wipe away your debt fast and easy. In some cases, they even proclaim the government will pay your debt with bailout money. Sadly, many of these...
Illinois Appliance Rebate Program Ends Soon
This morning my husband suggested that we buy our new freezer tomorrow. I replied, “What’s the rush?” He thought it would be a great time to buy, since he just watched a Sears commercial about the Illinois appliance rebate program — where Illinois residents save 15%...
NBER Says – The Great Recession is Over
Yesterday the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that the “Great Recession” ended in June 2009. It’s the longest recession on record since the Great Depression, lasting a total of 18 months (December ’07 – June ‘09). Given this significance, the...
