Posts by: Melissa Batai

by Melissa Batai

The Unglamorous Ways We Save Money Inflation is hitting many families hard. As a result, once again, I’m seeing feature news stories on extreme couponing... read the story

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When Should You Consider Double Consolidation on Your Parent PLUS Loan? My son is a senior in high school this year. He’s applied to several colleges, and for each, we’ve received a financ... read the story

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8 Financial Benefits of Living in Tucson My family and I have lived in Tucson, Arizona eight years. While there are significant financial drawbacks to living in ... read the story

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Here Are the 7 Best Paying Jobs in Illinois   Illinois has a population of a little over 12 million people, but more than half of that population lives in the ... read the story

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6 Financial Drawbacks to Living in Tucson Arizona Nearly eight years ago, my family and I moved from the suburbs of Chicago to the suburbs of Tucson, Arizona. We moved he... read the story

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8 Ways to Save Money on Your Summer Wardrobe After long, cold, dark winter days, most of us can’t wait to swap out heavy, bulky clothes for light, flowy summer clo... read the story

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10 Strategies to Fight Inflation Thanks to the pandemic, bottlenecks in supply chains, and the current war in Ukraine, inflation is soaring. Last month, ... read the story

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How We Used Our Tax Refund This Year This year we thought that we would owe money on our taxes. Between the child tax credits we received July through Decemb... read the story

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4 Ways We Save Money with Cross-Country Travel My mom lives 2,000 miles away from us. We hadn’t seen her since January 2020, thanks to the pandemic. Since she’s ol... read the story

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Why I Didn’t Pay Down My Student Loans During the Pandemic My husband and I both had student loans—mine for an undergraduate and graduate degree, his for a graduate degree. We p... read the story