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As a college student, we all know how expensive it is to buy just about anything in our daily lives.  From our daily meals, to our clothing, how the heck are we supposed to afford all of this?  With student loan and credit card debt reaching an all time high per student, I wanted to [...]

Textbooks are necessary for your educational success, but they are lousy purchases. They cost a lot to buy, lose value quickly, and worth little when you sell them. Instead of buying your textbooks from college campus store this semester, you could try renting them from online bookstores. If you still want to own them, you [...]

Net Worth Review The S&P 500 gained +0.8% in December and went from 896.24 to 903.25. But for a full year, the S&P 500 dropped -38.5% from 1468.36 to 903.25 — ouch!  According to NetworthIQ, my net worth rose +3.44% and my net investable assets increased +6.54%. Highlights Home value actually went up slightly in [...]

Recently, Passive Dad asked me about free creative ideas to help friends facing foreclosure.  This is a timely topic since one factor that contributes to the current economic crisis is the rise in foreclosures. Basically, the teaser rate on many adjustable rate mortgages end, and homeowners found themselves unable to afford the new higher mortgage [...]

Selling used books is a good way to declutter your home and get some money for books that you probably won’t read again.  This is even more important for college students because you could sell textbooks for a lot more than normal books, but you’ll have to do it quick because textbooks become outdated and [...]

If you get a chance to talk to a college bound student, what advice would you give him or her? In this article, I am going to share a few tips based on my own experience. This article assumes that the student completed the application process and got accepted to a few schools. Photo by [...]

When I wrote Building, Diversifying, and Shifting Your Income Streams, there was an important element that I left out. That element was some practical real life ideas about how you can start building alternative income streams today. It is worth noting that not all of these are passive income ideas, so you will actually have [...]