Unclaimed Money Secrets: How We Found $142K in Missing Money

How we found $140,000 in Missing Money

Do you know anyone who has received a cash windfall from MissingMoney.com? We have …because it was us! Have you ever wondered if there’s money out there with your name on it? It turns out that more than $49 billion in unclaimed funds are being held by state governments and treasuries across the United States. Even more surprising, approximately 1 in 7 people have money waiting to be claimed! After Steve’s father passed away in 2019, the family went …

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11 ways to Save Energy for Kids and Your Electric Bill

Hand holding a light bulb trying to save electricity.

We taught our kids to save money on electricity … and everything else. When we received this question from a website visitor from Australia, we thought we’d put our ideas in writing so you could learn to save energy for kids too. Question about how to get my kids on board with saving money Do your kids save electricity? How do you get your kids to appreciate ever-increasing electricity costs and to turn off lights and appliances? Mine just …

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How to Manage a Financial Windfall: What to Do with Sudden Money

Financial Windfalls - How to manage them.

What is a financial windfall?  Is managing a windfall something you are prepared to do? Winning the lottery, a TV game show, a large inheritance or sweepstakes are all windfalls. What about smaller windfalls – like a tax refund? Have you ever been faced with managing sudden money? How could this money help you? How would you manage it? Have you ever thought of creating a plan for a financial windfall? Will a Windfall be Coming Your Way? What …

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Creative Vacation Souvenir Ideas That Are Clever, Cheap, and Fun

Vacation Souvenirs that are clever and frugal! Cheap Travel Souvenir Ideas!

Discover unique and inexpensive vacation souvenir ideas to help you remember your travels in style. From classic keepsakes to quirky finds, we’ve got you covered. Let’s dive in and explore the world of vacation travel souvenirs and mementos! We’ve broken this list into the following 7 categories: INEXPENSIVE SOUVENIR IDEAS These cheaper souvenir ideas can be found at almost any vacation destination you visit. Keychains A keychain with a special design or representing the place you visited can be …

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54 Productive Things To Do When You’re Bored

Productive Things to do when your bored at home.

There are LOTS of blogs written about fun things to do when you’re bored.  So, we wanted to put a new twist on that, and offer you a list of productive things to accomplish in this season of staying home more than normal. We’ve broken this list of productive activities into 9 categories: 1) Money Activities (5 ideas) If you’re bored, why not do something that will help you reach your financial goals? These ideas may take some time …

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Easy! How to Save Money Cutting Glass at Home DIY

How to Cut Glass and Save Money - A glass cutter, cutting a piece of glass.

Do you know how much does it cost to have glass Cut? Do you think that cutting glass at home is too hard, or dangerous? Getting a piece of glass cut from a hardware store has become harder and much more expensive than 20 years ago. Years Ago: We had 6 small pieces of glass cut for the outside lights/lanterns on our garage. We bought a large piece of glass for about $15 at Home Depot and they cut …

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10 Student Loan Forgiveness Programs to Get School Debt Eliminated Legally

9 career choices that could result in student loan forgiveness.

Do you have college loans? Are you looking for a list of student loan forgiveness programs? Are you wondering if you can get loan forgiveness? Student loan forgiveness isn’t available to everyone, but it is a great way to pay off student loans that have already been accrued! We’ve scoured the loan forgiveness landscape and found 10 different programs that might benefit you. College Prices Have Skyrocketed: Over the past 40 years, gas prices have increased by about 300% …

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11 Airbnb Hosting Tips & Secrets From a $30k Super Host

Airbnb hosting tips from a long-time super host.

Are you thinking of becoming an Airbnb host? Are you looking for expert Airbnb Hosting tips? Do you want to earn an extra $10,000 this year? We’ve been Airbnb Hosts for 9 years. We are on track to earn $30,000 this year by renting out three extra bedrooms in our house. Even though the travel industry struggled through Covid in 2020, we’ve had some of our best years ever as a host family. So if you’ve ever considered home-sharing, …

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Pack a Lunch in Glass Bowls: How I Saved $40,000 Bringing My Lunch

Glass Bowls to pack up your lunch can save $1000 a year!

If you pack a lunch consistently you’ll be surprised how much money you can save. Glass Bowls Provide Lunch Values Having Glass Bowls so you can bring leftovers for lunch, is the second of our Kitchen Tools series. It will empower you to save thousands of dollars on your food budget. Why glass bowls? When it comes to feeding a family, there is a lot of money at stake. The average family spends $270 per person each month on groceries. …

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Got Junk Mail? Here are 3 Things You Can Do With Free Paper

Why do we love junk mail? Find out how we save the planet and stretch our budget all at the same time.

We love junk mail. How ’bout you? We love junk mail, especially insurance agents who send us unsolicited quotes on white paper printed only on one side. Why? It’s simple. They’ve just provided us with free paper for our printer. How we use Free Junk Mail to Save Money We have a Brother Multi-Function printer, scanner, copier fax, but this idea would work with any printer. We have two stacks of paper in bins under the printer: one bin …

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