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How to Haggle Or Get the Best Price

How to Haggle Or Get the Best Price

Haggling is fun!  Yes, you heard it here first!  Haggling is comprised of deal making, arguing particular points, and, ultimately, winning a game. I witnessed my first haggling experience during a street fair in Italy.  I remember my very bold and sassy aunt telling a street vendor that his shoes were too expensive and that she couldn’t believe he was […]

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Get Your House In Order for the Economic Downturn

Get Your House In Order for the Economic Downturn

NOW is the time to start preparing for the worsening economy (that’s right, you’ve read the preceding sentence correctly, the economy will get worse).  Sure, we’ve seen some pretty abysmal days on Wall Street and some radical actions taken by the US government, but beyond a deflated 401K account most Americans have yet to feel the roar of the current Recession.  […]

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What You Can Learn From Immigrants on Personal Finance and Running Your Home

What You Can Learn From Immigrants on Personal Finance and Running Your Home

My parents emigrated from Italy in the early to mid 1970’s.  My father has the equivalent of a technical high school education and my mother finished her formal education in the 7th grade.  Yet my parents are one of the most financially savvy couples I know, often making smarter economic decisions then their US-born Boomer peers (with BAs and Master’s […]

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