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Start Your Side Hustle In High Gear With The Freelance Toolkit

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Side hustling outside of your full or part-time employment can supplement your income greatly and even grow into a full-fledged business allowing you to quit that day job. That’s what it’s done for our friends Julie from FIRE Drill Podcast and Cody from The FI Show. Cody earned enough to walk away from his desk […]

What Is A Backdoor Roth IRA And Is It Right For Me?

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When it comes to retirement savings accounts, there are several options available. But your choices for individual retirement accounts can seem limited if you’re a high-income earner. This is especially true when you look at the Roth IRA. A Roth IRA (Individual Retirement Account) is an excellent way to save for retirement. Though you pay […]

Tipping: Should I Tip? When And How Much?

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When it comes to tipping, there are no hard and fast rules. And everyone does it differently. As a customer, you’re left to wonder – when should you tip? Who should you tip? How much? And what if you don’t have any cash? To help you, below is a general guide for when and how […]

How Can I Make (and Save) Money With Spring Cleaning?

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You were stuck inside a lot this winter, and you’re excited spring is finally here. Extra daylight hours and spending time outside is boosting your energy and motivation to get things done. Nearing the top of your to-do list? Spring cleaning. While having a clean house and sprucing up your yard is your goal, have […]

What Are The Best Ways For Keeping My Family Safe From Identity Theft?

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Thanks to data breach after data breach, online security and identity theft are at the forefront of most adults’ minds. Most of us work pretty hard to keep ourselves safe online. We log out of public computers after using them. We create different usernames. And we change our passwords regularly. We even resist the urge […]

Women with Money, by Financial Expert, Jean Chatzky [Book Review]

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Whether the headline of the day is about the gender pay gap, the gender investing gap, or the risks to our retirement – there’s no shortage of news about women and money. We already knew women tend to take more time out of the workforce to care for our children and aging relatives. And we’re […]

What Common Tax Mistakes Are Made When Filing Returns?

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Preparing your own tax return can feel like a very bold endeavor. When it comes to filing simple short-form returns, there is less chance of making significant errors. These types of returns are pretty straight forward and require you to provide very little information. While you should proceed with care and caution, you are likely […]

Is It Worth The Money To Have Someone Do My Taxes?

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Whether you’re excited your last tax statements arrived or you’re dreading pulling all of your tax paperwork together, it’s time to consider preparing your taxes. If you’ve organized all your tax documents and are anticipating a refund, filing early makes sense. But those who think they’ll owe the IRS (and/or state taxes), probably shouldn’t delay […]

Know Your Worth, Get Your Worth: Salary Negotiation For Women [Book Review]

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While it’s disheartening to read women still earn $.80 in the workplace for each $1 earned by a man, women are not powerless to change their own earning situation. Olivia Jaras, who wrote Know Your Worth, Get Your Worth: Salary Negotiation For Women is a salary negotiation expert whose passion is helping women receive fair […]

What Are The Best Ways To Save Money On Dental Care?

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You wonder how much insurance will cover when a reminder for your next dentist appointment pops up on your calendar. You can’t sleep because of a toothache, but insurance coverage through your new job doesn’t start for weeks. You’ve put off routine cleanings the last few years because you don’t have dental insurance and you’re […]

Raise.com Review 2019 – The Marketplace for Gift Cards

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The Women Who Money Team uses different cash back and coupon sites, along with a variety of apps to save money when we shop in-store and online. This review of Raise – an online gift card marketplace, was written by Vicki, co-founder of Women Who Money and founder of Make Smarter Decisions. She’s been using […]

Tiller Money Review 2019: A Fast And Easy Way To Manage Your Money

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If I had to name just two things that have helped my family with our finances more than anything else, it would be tracking spending and automation. When we first set out to pay off our debt, we needed to find ways to slash spending and expenses. To do this, we tracked every single penny […]

Spending Money On Getting Fit: A Review Of The YMCA

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This review was completed by Vicki, one of the co-founders of Women Who Money and Women’s Money Talk. She is a member of her community YMCA and has been for the last twenty years. YMCA’s offer different programs based on their facilities, so this overview covers programs offered in her local Y. Check with the […]

What Are The Best Ways To Furnish A Home On A Budget?

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No matter your position in life – whether you are just starting out and need pretty much everything for your first place or if the kids have left the nest and you need to replace a few worn out items – you want to furnish your home on a budget. You’ll always love the couch […]

What Should I Watch Out For When Buying A New Car?

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New car models have hit the showroom floor, your current vehicle’s transmission just died, or your family expanded and it’s time to get a minivan. Whatever your reason for buying a new car, you’re hesitant about jumping into the whole vehicle shopping experience. You’re not alone. According to a 2016 study by Beepi Consumer Automotive […]

Airbnb Or Hotel? What You Need To Know To Decide

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We’d be shocked if you haven’t heard of Airbnb, but as popular as this “gig economy” lodging option has become – almost two-thirds of travelers have never tried it. And the same Skift report shows that even though nearly 90% of those who did use Airbnb were satisfied or very satisfied with the experience, less […]

Hustling For Money: How Do I Determine the Best Side Gig?

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The lure of earning extra money has you considering a side gig. But you’re still unsure if the extra cash is worth the additional time and effort. Plus, many days there’s not much ‘hustle’ left in you after a long day at the office or chasing after the kids. You could certainly benefit from the extra […]

The Best Ways To Save On Back-to-School Shopping

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If you’ve been to any stores in the last few weeks, you can tell it’s back-to-school shopping season. Some aisles are filled with glue sticks, folders, and backpacks. Others the latest fashions so kids can be off to school in style. The kids might not be ready to head back, but you need to begin […]

10 Finance Tips For Small Business

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Would it surprise you to know that one of the major reasons small business fail is to do with budgeting and cash flow? At the end of the day they simply run out of cash. When we think of business failure we are more likely to think of a product that didn’t have a market […]

Want to Earn Cash Back When Shopping? Try BeFrugal

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The Women Who Money Team uses different cash back and coupon sites, along with a variety of apps to save money when we shop in-store and online. This review is on the cash back and coupon site BeFrugal. It was written by Vicki, co-founder of Women Who Money and founder of Make Smarter Decisions. She’s […]