If you are even halfway serious about trying to get out of debt or simply want to spend $100 less a month, one of the first steps you need to take is monitoring your monthly spending. Before you think that the only way to track how much you spend is to pay for a monthly…
Not everyone has the money to start investing, or so they think. Did you know you can invest with just a few dollars each month or even just spare change? Do you want to build a small nest egg by investing a few dollars at a time? Then you should consider one of these micro-investing…
If you forgot, Father’s Day is this Sunday, 6/18. I don’t think much about gifts for Father’s Day because I have a hard enough time to come up with gift ideas for my birthday. As I have grown older, I have enjoyed spending time with family over the material gifts. So, I like the experiences and…
This blog post is part of the Pay Down My Debt (PDMD) blog tour, sponsored by US Equity Advantage. PDMD is a solution that accelerates debt payoff and helps consumers monitor their credit and make smarter purchasing decisions. If you’re looking to pay off debt find out how they can help. I still have a…
Sling TV has been out for quite some time now and many people are getting a chance to check out what it offers. Is it a good alternative to cut cable and save you more money? I think yes, but there are some stipulations attached to why I think so. Sling has worked well for…
It’s the time of year to clean out the closets and make room for new stuff. I don’t know about you, but in our house we have enough stuff as it is. Which means we are always looking for ways to find new homes for our older stuff and make room for the new. In the…
I’ve been writing and blogging about ways to save money for almost three years now. It’s something close to my heart as I work through ways to cut more costs in our household. Good money management consists of a few facets, one being saving the money you make. Today, I wanted to show you two…
The holiday season is in fully swing my friends and the money will be flowing right from our paychecks to the retailers cash registers. So many people spend a lot of money during the holidays. I think the last estimate I noticed was people will be spending on average $800 for Christmas gifts this year! Haha,…
My buddy Jim called me the other day and told me about an interesting decision his boss asked him to make. Jim works for a small company and had just been given his annual performance review with his manager. Obviously, Jim was anxious to learn what kind of salary increase he’d be getting, but his…
The ability to make money according to your own schedule is obviously the biggest benefit of driving with Uber. Of course, some people manage to make a lot more than others. Uber and other services like it are a great way to maximize the car you already own or are paying for. What better way…
Welcome back to Simple Savings Sunday here at Wealth Bytes. This is a series I started last year and I post only when I come up with helpful tips on saving money. You can check out all of the Simple Savings Sunday articles and hopefully they can give you a simple way to save. Since…
I got an email the other day from a reader that asked a good question. Basically, the email asked what the best cell phone plan for kids would be. This reader had a family plan at T-Mobile. It was four lines for $100, so $25 per line. The problem is their kid was using too…
