February 2014 - MintLife Blog

How To

How to Spring Clean Your Finances: A Visual Guide to Getting Your Financial House in Order

February 28, 2014 / Mint

Spring cleaning means dusting off the cobwebs, flipping over the mattress, and de-cluttering those closets. It’s also a great time to spring clean your finances. From going paperless to figuring out which documents to shred and keep, the following infographic...

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How To

What’s In Your Wallet (And How Can You Clean it Out)?

February 28, 2014 / Mary Hiers

In ZZ Top’s “Sharp-Dressed Man,” the band sings about a fat wallet as something irresistible to the ladies. Perhaps in 1983, when the song was released, this was true. Today however, with credit cards and digital everything, a bulging wallet...

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Saving

How to Keep Your Financial Willpower Muscle From Wearing Out

February 27, 2014 / Mark Henricks

Can trying to sit up straighter help you save more? Go ahead and laugh — humor can improve your ability to exercise willpower and self-discipline. And so can repeated small efforts to force yourself to do some small act like...

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Investing Advice

The Top 5 Stock Market Myths

February 27, 2014 / Investopedia.com

When fiascos like the Libor scandal, London Whale scandal, and analysts’ conflict of interest occur, investor confidence can be at an all-time low. Many investors wonder whether or not investing in stocks is worth all the hassle. At the same...

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How To

How to Organize Your Tax Receipts & Records

February 27, 2014 / Five Ten Twenty Club

With the proliferation of new receipt and expense organizing apps, such as PaperTrail, ShoeBoxed and OneReceipt, tech-savvy types are finding it easier to get organized for tax season. But if you’re like me and have yet to catch up with...

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Housing Finances

Real Estate Q&A: Rental Property Tax Deductions and Risk in Real Estate Investments

February 26, 2014 / Leonard Baron

Zillow real estate investment writer and long-term investor Leonard Baron, MBA, is answering questions from MintLife readers. If you have a question about investment properties, cash flows, insurance, mortgage financing, homeowners associations, renting versus owning, foreclosures and more, drop Leonard an...

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Trends

MintFamily With Beth Kobliner: A Penny for Your Thoughts on Minimum Wage

February 26, 2014 / Beth Kobliner

Sunday night I went to a make-your-own salad spot that I’d never tried before to pick up a quick dinner. (Lest you start to worry I am eating just leafy greens for meals, have no fear: This place has more...

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Financial IQ

Top Secret Menu Items at Some of America’s Favorite Chain Restaurants

February 26, 2014 / Frugal Foodie

Ordering from the menu while dining out may not get you the best deal–or even the tastiest meal. It’s not unusual for restaurants to have hidden menus (some of which, like In-N-Out Burger’s, are not really that secret) and special...

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How To

10 Financial Tips for Couples

February 25, 2014 (Last Modified: July 2, 2020) / Mary Quinn

Fights over finances top all other issues for relationship woes. Avoid being part of that dangerous statistic — follow these 10 tips to make sure money matters don’t ruin the good thing you have going. 1. Treat family finances as...

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Trends

How Much Should the Tooth Fairy Pay?

February 25, 2014 / Mary Hiers

When we were growing up, losing baby teeth was a major deal, because doing so meant getting paid. We would stick that wayward chopper under our pillow, and wake up the next morning to find the Tooth Fairy had left...

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Month: February 2014

How to Spring Clean Your Finances: A Visual Guide to Getting Your Financial House in Order

What’s In Your Wallet (And How Can You Clean it Out)?

How to Keep Your Financial Willpower Muscle From Wearing Out

The Top 5 Stock Market Myths

How to Organize Your Tax Receipts & Records

Real Estate Q&A: Rental Property Tax Deductions and Risk in Real Estate Investments

MintFamily With Beth Kobliner: A Penny for Your Thoughts on Minimum Wage

Top Secret Menu Items at Some of America’s Favorite Chain Restaurants

10 Financial Tips for Couples

How Much Should the Tooth Fairy Pay?

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