When it comes to personal finances, one of the first steps is to get basic knowledge on the subject. Many people do this through books, but when you are just beginning, knowing which books to read may not be obvious. This reader is looking for recommendations on the best financial books to read when starting […]

If you enjoy reading, you know that it can get quite expensive to purchase books for everything you want to read. It doesn’t have to be that way - here are some ways you can save on books while still reading everything you want:
Test Read: Just as you test drive car, test drive your books. […]

Here is a great money hack that most people are not familiar with. Most libraries offer free, 24/7 at-home access through your computer to money-saving publications like Consumer Reports, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s National Business and Financial Weekly, and many other top business magazines and professional and trade journals. This […]

By Amy L. Fontinelle
Since I live in an area of the country where housing prices are higher than what I can afford, I was considering buying property in a very affordable state where I used to live and renting the property out. That city has a lot of available duplexes and quadraplexes, so I decided […]

By Amy L. Fontinelle
Timothy Ferriss, a twenty-nine-year-old, self-proclaimed member of the New Rich, recently published his first book, The 4-Hour Workweek. In his book, Ferriss proposes that retirement should be worst-case scenario insurance and that we’d all be better off taking mini-retirements throughout our lives instead of postponing true freedom until age 65 or later, […]

By Amy L. Fontinelle
Why spend money buying magazines at the airport for full price when you can get them for free with a little advance planning? Many magazines allow you a free trial of one or more issues. Sign up for a couple of free trials four to six weeks before your next trip, and […]

If you have been, one of the long time members of our forum and who is the manager for one of our satellite websites would like to talk to you for a book that she is writing:
Perhaps you cosigned a loan or lent money that was never repaid. Or you married a gold digger or […]

I received a package in the mail the other day with a line of books called Tax Deductions A to Z by Anne Skalka ($12.95 each) which I found to be an interesting twist to most tax books I come across. First, instead of trying to include tax information for every possible situation and for […]

Working long days on personal finance I sometimes need a break from anything financial. I walked down to the local library today and picked up some non financial reading. Now the question is whether I’ll actually find the time to read it before it is due back…
I actually need to spend more time in our […]

Michael Stadther is at it again. In 2004 he released a book titled A Treasure’s Trove that had clues hidden within the pages and anyone who could decipher them would find 12 18-karat in gold tokens hidden throughout the continental United States (which could be redeemed for one-of-a kind jewels of the characters in the […]