This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Chase. All opinions are 100% mine. It happens every day in America and around the globe: Identity theft, or consumer fraud. I consider myself to be borderline paranoid when it comes to my personal information, primarily because I have been a victim of identity theft […]
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Many people today struggle with the problem of getting out of debt, but let’s face it – the best option is to avoid it in the first place. I know that sometimes that’s easier said than done, especially if you already have debt from credit cards, etc., that you are struggling with. However, when […]
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Hi everyone! I am out of town this week, but please enjoy this guest post on ways to improve your credit score by Jack Ryder from SimpleThriftyLiving.com. If you are like most Americans, you are constantly trying to find ways to improve your credit score. Over 75 percent of Americans have a credit score […]
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Churning. There’s that word again. When I first started blogging a few months ago, I thought churning involved dairy products. But the cool thing about being a blogger is that it gives you the opportunity to learn a LOT of things you never knew before from a lot of other bloggers, and one of the […]
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Just this week I’ve had two instances where monitoring my bank statements carefully is paying off. Well to be truthful, one of these instances is a case where monitoring my statements carefully is paying off and the other is an example of why I should have been monitoring more closely. 🙂 Here are my top […]
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Identity theft can be a really scary thing. I personally had it happen to me a few years ago, and I’m still not entirely sure how the thieves managed to do it. I inspect my credit card bills carefully when I get them, and one year near Christmas time I began seeing charges show up […]
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