Elle Martinez, Author at MintLife Blog

Best Ways to Winterize Your Home and Save Money

October 30, 2019 / Elle Martinez

How much do you pay for heating? Depending on where you live, it’s a good chunk of money during the wintertime. Even though we live in the South (in lovely Raleigh!), we’re not immune to getting some cold weather. With winter coming...

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How to Get the Most out of Your 401K and More

October 23, 2019 / Elle Martinez

Open enrollment season is here! We’re expecting to receive a big packet from human resources with all the options and benefits that our employers’ offer. While I won’t say that this is an exciting thing, we are eager to go over...

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Family Finances

Essential Money Skills Your Kid Needs to Know

October 16, 2019 / Elle Martinez

What are some of the biggest lessons you received about money growing up? For me, a few things stand out. We didn’t get too many formal lectures about money, but from time to time, I’d get a lesson sprinkled in here...

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Family Finances

5 Quick Ways to Save Money for the Holidays

October 9, 2019 / Elle Martinez

As the year winds down, you may find your spending picks up. With holidays approaching, families may be preparing for trips to see their loved ones or they’re buying gifts. However, if you haven’t been saving beforehand, it can mean...

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Family Finances

Natural Disasters: How to Prepare for the Unthinkable

October 1, 2019 / Elle Martinez

While Raleigh is not exactly super close to the beach (we used to have a tiny apartment right across the street from the Chesapeake Bay when we were first married), it’s pretty easy to hop in our car and have...

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Family Finances

7 Tips to Enjoy Debt Free Holidays This Year

September 25, 2019 / Elle Martinez

How much money are you planning on spending this year during the holidays? For the average American family, it’s a good chunk of change. During the 2017 holiday season, Bank of America found that of those surveyed, they spent on...

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Family Finances, Travel Tips

4 Inexpensive East Coast Destinations to Travel to With Your Family

September 20, 2019 / Elle Martinez

It’s amazing how things change when you have kids. Before kids, weekend getaways and trips were fairly easy. When we needed to take a break, I remember we could look at the calendar and twenty minutes later, have a few...

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Family Finances

How To Slash Your Grocery Bill And Still Eat Like A Foodie

September 11, 2019 / Elle Martinez

How much does your family spend on food? If you’re like most, food is one of your top three expenses (the other two being housing and transportation). While it’s an essential expense for sure, but when digging around those receipts,...

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Financial Goals, Saving

Goal Setting: How to Become A Better Saver

September 4, 2019 (Last Modified: September 5, 2019) / Elle Martinez

Saving more money is one of those big goals that a lot of people have, but get stuck. I know this because we use to be right there too. The year would fly by and we were nowhere near our goal....

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Family Finances

529 Plan: 6 Ways Parents Can Save More Money for Their Kid’s College

August 27, 2019 / Elle Martinez

If you’re a parent, helping your kids avoid or minimize college debt is a goal you’d like to help them tackle. Right now the average price for a public four-year college is $25,290 in-state ($40,940 out of state) while a...

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Best Ways to Winterize Your Home and Save Money

How to Get the Most out of Your 401K and More

Essential Money Skills Your Kid Needs to Know

5 Quick Ways to Save Money for the Holidays

Natural Disasters: How to Prepare for the Unthinkable

7 Tips to Enjoy Debt Free Holidays This Year

4 Inexpensive East Coast Destinations to Travel to With Your Family

How To Slash Your Grocery Bill And Still Eat Like A Foodie

Goal Setting: How to Become A Better Saver

529 Plan: 6 Ways Parents Can Save More Money for Their Kid’s College

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