PowerWallet Review: Create Budgets, Track Spending, and Find Deals

Power Wallet Review

Hate logging into all your different credit card, bank, and investments accounts to check on bills, balances, and transactions? Online budgeting tools help solve this problem, and PowerWallet is one of the latest entries to the market. PowerWallet does much of what other online budgeting tools do, but includes additional ways to save money with [...]

A Simple Plan to Establish Credit for the First Time

As my children move into adulthood, the question of establishing credit for the first time is arising. Does a bank account affect your credit? Will a prepaid debit card establish credit? Should I get a credit card? As I work through these issues with my children, it seems like a good time to cover this [...]

How to Start Your Real Estate Investing Journey: A 5 Step Plan

Real Estate Investing

Photo: thinkpanama No doubt you’ve seen the late-night infomercials of snazzy looking gurus sitting by the ocean talking about how easy it is to get into real estate investing – even if you don’t have any money, credit, time, or resources. This image attracts millions of people to spend hundreds of millions on products, training, [...]

Citi ThankYou Credit Card Review

Citi ThankYou Card

Looking for a rewards credit card with no annual fee and the ability to earn points for every dollar spent? Citi currently offers two rewards cards with these common benefits as well as additional perks that give consumers a choice to pick the right card for their lifestyle. Called the Citi ThankYou® Card, this rewards [...]

Five Cool Smartphones Under $100

$100

You do not have to wait for Black Friday or Cyber Monday to get that smartphone you have always wanted. Yes, even if you are on a tight budget, you can still buy a good state-of-the-art mobile phone at a reasonable price. All you need is a little online sleuthing. There are some challenges, however. [...]

10 Tablet Apps That Manage Your Money

Mint for the iPad

Times are tough. Whether you earn a lot or just get by, watching where your money goes is important. There are several ways of doing this; but with all the modern technology surrounding us, many choose to manage their finances by using wireless. The financial apps market is loaded with products for wireless devices. Some [...]

U.S. Bank FlexPerks® Travel Rewards Visa Signature® Card review

US Bank FlexPerks Travel Rewards Card

Looking for the best rewards credit card for air travel? Picking “the best” card is tough because there are many good options. One that doesn’t get as much attention is the . It caught my eye because it offers one of the highest point values per dollar spent, among other things. I’ve yet to review [...]

The Top 8 Alternatives to PayPal

PayPal Alternatives

PayPal isn’t the only option for online payments. Here are eight PayPal alternatives. Photo: zizzybaloobah PayPal is the electronic alternative to banking. It is the most popular global online payment facility. Every day, thousands (maybe even millions) of individuals and businesses from different parts of the world use it for a variety of transactions. With [...]

How To Buy A HUD Home As An Investor

HUD Buyer Type

My sister and I recently bought an investment property together. It’s a HUD foreclosure that we plan to rehab and flip over the next several months. I asked my sis if she would write a series of articles about the experience. She is going to give you all the details down to the penny. Here’s [...]