Author: Jeff Larson

30 Tips for Increasing Your Home’s Value

Home Improvements: Under $100 Tip 1: Spend an hour with a pro. Invite a realtor or interior designer over to check out your home. Many realtors will do this as a courtesy, but you will probably have to pay a consultation fee to a designer. Check with several designers in your area; a standard hourly fee is normally less than $100, and in an hour they can give you lots of ideas for needed improvements. Even small suggested improvements, such as paint colors or furniture placement, can go a long way toward improving the look and feel of your...

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How To Create A $1,000 Emergency Fund, Month by Month

All financial advisers such as David Ramsay and Suzanne Orr will advise that every household should have an emergency fund.  For a lot of people, just the thought of saving money when you’re living paycheck to paycheck is a joke. The Paycheck to Paycheck Epidemic In fact, a 2016 CareerBuilder survey of 3,200 full-time workers and 2,100 full-time hiring and human resource manager found that 75% were living paycheck to paycheck. It’s not that working people don’t want to save; it’s just that too many of us are struggling with trying to pay the rent and put gas in...

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