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Gearing Up For Back To School

Gearing Up For Back To SchoolGearing Up For Back To School

Shopping Tips and Other Resources Summer’s winding down, which means it’s time to gear up for back to school. Whether… Read More

35 Reasons We’re Glad The Holidays Are Over

35 Reasons We’re Glad The Holidays Are Over35 Reasons We’re Glad The Holidays Are Over

Many of us simply adore the holidays. It can be a time of celebration, reflection, family, friends and beloved traditions.… Read More

13 Discounts For Service Members, Veterans and Their Families

13 Discounts For Service Members, Veterans and Their Families13 Discounts For Service Members, Veterans and Their Families

By Kat Tretina, Student Loan Hero Contributor Whether you are in active duty or are in the reserves, members of… Read More

How I Saved Enough to Buy a House with CASH

How I Saved Enough to Buy a House with CASHHow I Saved Enough to Buy a House with CASH

According to a recent survey done by SunTrust, a quarter of American households earning more than $100,000 a year are… Read More

What I Learned About Money In My First Year of Marriage

What I Learned About Money In My First Year of MarriageWhat I Learned About Money In My First Year of Marriage

Money arguments are the number one cause of marriage fights and divorce. Why is it then that there aren’t more… Read More

7 Savings Tips for Long-distance Marriages

7 Savings Tips for Long-distance Marriages7 Savings Tips for Long-distance Marriages

Raise your hand if you enjoy sitting down and talking about the budget with your spouse….no one? Well, that's talk… Read More

Breaking The Bad Financial Cycle

Breaking The Bad Financial CycleBreaking The Bad Financial Cycle

Article by Stacey Faris, Army Spouse and 2014 Yuma Proving Ground SOY Every day it seems there is a story… Read More

Overcoming the ‘F’ Word: Finances

Overcoming the ‘F’ Word: FinancesOvercoming the ‘F’ Word: Finances

Photo Credit: Taxcredits.net   I confess. I never do math in public. Not even easy math. I am a non-money… Read More

10 Rookie Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a House

10 Rookie Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a House10 Rookie Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a House

I'll start at the most obvious point - the beginning; my first rookie mistake. ---  Spring is time for all… Read More

Easy Budgeting for the Military Family

Easy Budgeting for the Military FamilyEasy Budgeting for the Military Family

  Earnings for military folks can be very tricky to manage.  It's not just one easy, predictable payment that gets… Read More

50 Ways You Can Start Saving Money TODAY

50 Ways You Can Start Saving Money TODAY50 Ways You Can Start Saving Money TODAY

The number one topic of discussion in our community over the past week has been MONEY.  As we watched and… Read More

Tackling Your Fear of Investing

Article by J.J. Montanaro, USAA A lot can scare us in life. I vividly remember frantically searching the neighborhood years… Read More

Budget Ahead for Your Next PCS

Article by Julie Steed, Air Force Spouse Either of those words alonebis enough to make me cringe. Put them together,… Read More

Bleeding Green

While the military works to compensate families for moving expenses, it's easy to lose track of spending and pay more… Read More

5 Step Plan to Save Money on Groceries

There's been a coupon craze going on and I use to feel bad for not stocking up on items that… Read More

Money Maker: Running your own business can mean great financial success!

If you've been through a military move a time or two as a spouse, you are undoubtedly familiar with the… Read More

4 Ways to Budget in the QUALITY of Life

It's not fun being broke. Believe me, I'm there. When I found out I was pregnant with my son, I… Read More

The Day After: 8 Actions to take now That Sequestration Day is Here

It has happened. Sequestration, that is. So, what the heck does that mean? Well, I'm not going to bore you… Read More