Latest articles by Cindy Schwalb
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Yes, You Can Live Rent Free
real estate Starting Out editor Erin Burt resurfaced a popular past column, Yes, You Can Live Rent Free, for her 2009 Grad Guide to the Real World.
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Fun, Free and Interesting Things to Do in Your City
Smart Buying If there's one thing we've learned from producing our annual Best Cities package, it's that every city strives to provide community-oriented amenities to residents and tourists alike, to offer quality living beyond the essentials (home, job, education). Depending on the size of your town, you may find free concerts, area hiking trails, walking tours, artists walks, nature guides, seminars, movie events, museums, exhibits and festivals. How often do you take advantage of all that your town has to offer? We have some resources to help you discover how great your city is. (And you can even nominate it for our Reader's Choice 2009.)Take a look . . . ROUGH GUIDE TO REDISCOVERING YOUR CITYConvention and Visitor's Bureau: Visit yours (online or in person) for information and suggested itineraries to explore where you live. Wisebread's User-Generated List: This blog asked users to send suggestions for Fun, Free and Cheap Things to Do Under $5 in their cities.
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Earn Up to 10% a Month on Your Investments (If You Like Risk)
investing Think this sounds like a scam? It's not.
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Our Best Online Tools to Get Things Done
credit & debt Most people come to Kiplinger's looking for information.
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20 Reasons Why Older Workers Can Be a Better Choice
business Younger workers may have lots of energy and a technological edge over fifty-something job seekers, or older, but they've still got a lot to learn in the ways of doing business.
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Insurance Ratings, Are They for Real?
insurance One step Kiplinger's always recommends when buying insurance is to check company ratings.
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When to Outsource Your Life
credit & debt Financial Adviser: A financial planner can help ease the burden of saving for retirement or college, or managing investments.
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Manage Your Own 529 Plan
529 Plans by Jane Bennett Clark, from Kiplinger's June issueWant to steer your college fund through the high seas yourself? With a Coverdell Education Savings Account, you can manage your own investments.
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Do You Have the Time to Save Money?
Budgeting The trouble with money-saving tips is that they aren't necessarily time-saving, too.
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Over 50? These 9 Sites Can Get You Started on a New Career
business Thought you were done with work only to discover you're bored? Are you still working but ready to quit the job you've got? Then get another one.
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Seven House Plants to Reduce Allergy Costs
real estate But the good news is that it won't cost much to protect your home air quality and prevent related health costs. Kiplinger's Retirement Report identitifies several house plants that clean indoor air, (backed by NASA's Clean Air Study).
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New Debt Management Plans From Creditors
credit & debt The National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) and Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies (AICCCA) teamed up to help consumers find better debt repayment terms from credit card companies.
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Find More Answers to Your Credit Card Questions
credit & debt Have you been monitoring your credit card statements for unexpected fees and rate hikes? Lots of folks have been and don't like what they've found.
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Economic Stimulus 101: What You Need to Know
taxes After months of preparation the 2009 stimulus package is moving into full swing.
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The Wedding Day: Get It Insured
insurance It's rare for any big day to launch without a hitch and weddings are no exception.
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How to Evaluate Your Financial Expert
Financial Planning Here's a tip for Financial Literacy Month that's worth your time: Give your financial planner a check-up.
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When Frugality Affects Quality of Life
savings What happens if you follow all the smart money rules to get ahead, but find you're not getting anywhere at all?You pay off credit cards every month, pay extra toward your mortgage and fund two retirement accounts, plus a 529 and an emergency fund. You rarely spend on new clothes; you always pack your lunch and work extra hours every week to fund your savings goals. This is the situation one frustrated reader over at Get Rich Slowly describes.
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Revenue Sharing for Shoppers
Smart Buying Many secondary retail sites, from PriceGrabber.com to DealTaker.com, earn money for sending traffic and sales to respective retailers.
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Savings on the Web
Smart Buying We've rounded up the most efficient paths to search for Web savings.
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Job-Loss Survival Guide
business Depot, Caterpillar, Sprint and Texas Instruments.
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Best of Kiplinger's: 31 Top Features of All Time
Smart Buying For those getting to know Kiplinger's Personal Finance on the Web, we're going to send you straight to the best we have to offer -- according to our readers that is. Take a look at 31 of our most-read and visited pages ever. These just may become your favorites, too. 1. Easy-to-Use Tax Withholding Calculator Get an estimate of how much more you could bring home every week by adjusting your tax withholding.2. Which City Is Best for You? Answer a few questions about your ideal town and then see a list of real places that best match your criteria. 3. Best Cities Annual Packages Every year we pick a theme for selecting Best Cities.
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Can This Web Site Predict a Stock Spiral?
Markets A new Web site will e-mail alerts when your stock hits bear country. There's no shortage of advice on when to buy stocks, but there's precious little on when to sell.
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