It usually catches you when you least expect it and often means that you’ll be shelling out some money in the near future.  Yes, I’m talking about the check engine light in your car. (Were you expecting me to say kids?  I suppose that works too!)

Last year, the average tuition costs for a private college increased by 4.3% according to College Board.  Think that’s bad?  The average public university saw increases in tuition equal to 8.3% in 2011.  It doesn’t take a math major to see that the cost of attending college is getting quite expensive these days.  At that […]

I love to talk with my friends about business ideas and goals they have to ‘make it big’ someday.  But one of my pet peeves is when I hear them say, “I wish there was a way that I could make money now.”  I almost have to keep myself from staring back at them with […]

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had a New Year’s goal to save a certain amount of money.  Usually it was for a specific item like a car, vacation, or to pay off student loans.  For some, their goal to save more money revolves around looming credit card debt, which is at […]