• Saving Money Tips: Changing a Timing Belt

    Friday, June 11th, 2010

    June 11, 2010
    Speaking of saving money tips, I accomplished a tremendous savings last week. It turns out that my car needed a new timing belt. I got two shop estimates. One came in at $485 and the other was $513. Ouch. Plus when am I going to find the time to take it in?  I [...]

  • Painting a Room for Absolutely No Money

    Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

    There are interesting ways to spruce up your living areas even if you don’t have a budget. One of them is using old paint and painting one of your rooms for absolutely free. This article shows you how.

  • Paying Off a Mortgage

    Saturday, August 1st, 2009

    One of the most powerful saving money tips is to pay off your mortgage or buy your house without a mortgage.

  • Bartering First Hand

    Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

    Last Saturday, after pondering potential saving money tips, I paid a visit to my neighbor, who is a fairly good car mechanic. Of course, since its mid-summer, everyone wants to have air conditioning in their car. Sure enough, he was in the process of installing an air conditioning unit into an old Subaru station wagon [...]

  • Saving Money Tips: Barter, Baby, Barter

    Monday, May 18th, 2009

    One of the best part of saving money tips is helping people out by bartering or trading work. Today I’m going to post a valuable article by one of my favorite authors, Sharon Astyk. Sharon has been writing about managing her family with little money for years and has a lot of experience to share. Her methods of bartering and developing relationships are very much like I describe in my book “Survive with Little or No Money” which I will have available very soon.