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Flexible Work At Home Jobs For College Students

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Looking to make a little extra cash in college? Looking for some inspiration? These are the best flexible work at home jobs for college students.

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Republic Wireless Review | Great Low Priced Cell Phone Service

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Looking for a cheap cell phone plan? Here’s our Republic Wireless review and why it’s a great choice for no contract cell phone service.

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5 Personal Finance Habits That Will Make You Rich

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Looking to build wealth this year? If you develop these five personal finance habits you’ll reach your goal a whole lot sooner. Find out how.

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Credit Karma Review – Perfect for College Students

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Credit Karma is our favorite free tool for checking your credit score and monitoring your credit.

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Early Tax Refund Anticipation Loans: Who Offers Them and Should You Get One?

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Wondering who still offers early tax refund anticipation loans? Find out the most popular providers and whether or not they’re worth it.

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7 Personal Finance Gift Ideas For The PF Enthusiast

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Here are seven great personal finance gift ideas for the personal finance lover, or the relative that needs to learn about this stuff.

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Betterment Review: An Easy Way to Invest And Save

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If you’re looking for an easy way to open a retirement account and begin investing, Betterment is the solution. Read our Betterment Review.

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How To Pay Off $10,000 Of Debt In One Year

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Paying off debt can feel overwhelming if you don’t where to start. Here’s how to pay off $10,000 of debt in one year – step by step.

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How To Live Comfortably On Just $20,000 Per Year

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Do you want to reach financial freedom faster? Learn how you can live on $20,00 per year and reach your goals faster.

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The Ultimate Side Hustle: 14 Ways To Get Paid To Write

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Freelance writing is the ultimate side hustle. It’s flexible, it pays well, and it’s enjoyable. In fact, freelance blogging helped me go from earning $1,600 per month to earning more than $5,500 per month. This profession was my golden ticket to bigger and better opportunities. The flexibility and sheer amount of opportunity that comes along […]

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CommonBond Review 2019: Best For Private Student Loans

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CommonBond is a student loan lender that offers private loans and student loan refinancing.

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SoFi Review 2019: Student Loan Refinancing And Private Loans

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If you’re looking for a way to lower the interest rates on your student loans, SoFi student loans may be the answer.

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Residual Income: 7 Super Smart Ways to Build It

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Building a residual income is a great way to reach financial freedom. You put in the hard work and continue to bring in a lifelong income.

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6 Ideas To Diversify Your Income Streams

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Do you want to build multiple streams of income? Here are six ideas to diversify your income. There is something on this list for everyone.

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Digit Review: Save Your Money Automagically

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Digit might just revolutionize the way people save money. If you have a hard time saving this app is for you. Find out more in our Digit Review.

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5 Quick Money Making Ideas (That Take Less Than 1 Hour)

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Looking to make money fast? These five quick money making ideas are relatively easy to do and don’t require you to be chained to a desk.

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5 Ways To Invest In Real Estate In 2019

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The ways to invest in real estate include buying rental property, crowd funding a property, flipping houses, renting out rooms, and REITs.

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23 Ways To Earn Extra Cash For Christmas

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We are officially in November and only seven weeks away from Christmas.Seven weeks! Can you believe it?!?I don’t know about you, but time seems to go much faster for me once the busyness of the holiday seasons hits. That means those seven weeks are going to be up before we know it. If you’ve yet to […]

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Should Parents Pay for Their Children’s College Education?

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As a kid you think that your parents have been socking money away for your future college education. Then you grow up. And chances are that magical fund that you thought existed, doesn’t. When you head off to college you really aren’t worried about things like student loans. You don’t even grasp what debt can […]

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10 Ways To Kick Off Your Debt Pay-Off Plan

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Do you ever look at your mounting debt, and simply not know where to start? Are you waiting for some kind of epiphany or kick in the butt to get started? Do you simply feel paralyzed in even taking the first step because you feel like you’ve made too many mistakes already getting to this […]

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How To Create Passive Income With No Money

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Passive income seems to be the Holy Grail of personal finance. I mean when it comes to income, what could be better than earning without having to trade your time for dollars? There are two main routes to passive income – either you invest money to make it happen, or you invest time to make […]

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3 Ways to Trick Yourself Into Saving Money

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Lacking self-discipline? You need to trick yourself into saving money. Here are three great strategies to do just that.

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