As part of our Money Challenge for the month, the team at MyBankTracker will sell items that we no longer want or use. On Monday, we identified which items we plan on selling, and will utilize sites like Craigslist and eBay. If you have boxes of unwanted items, but aren’t sure which ones are considered
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For those looking to make some travel plans this summer (now that the weather is finally shaping up after a horrendous winter), you might have to pick a travel destination closer to home to avoid new airline price spikes.
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I was six years old when my father sat me down and handed me a pile of his baseball cards that he admired and enjoyed for the last 20 years. You can call this the ultimate hand-me-down. My father had given me his lifelong collection of baseball cards. The sentimental worth is, of course priceless,
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We embarked on a month-long money challenge two weeks ago. In order to make some extra money (side income!) and declutter (spring cleaning!), we picked out items we could sell, and whoever earns the most money from the challenge is the winner.
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Not long after Senator Elizabeth Warren unveiled a proposed bill to reduce the rates on federal student loans to 0.75%, another bill has been proposed to address the mounting costs of college debt. However, this bill isn’t as good as Warren’s. But, we’re seeing increasing attention paid to the large financial burden held by college
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This week MyBankTracker chats with Associate Blog Editor at Huffington Post, Dan Treadway. Dan opens up about living in one of the most expensive cities in the U.S. (New York City), and how he manages his money. He also shares his strategy when it comes to saving money, and how he is fulfilling his dream
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If you’re in the market for buying a new house to call your humble abode, now may be the best time to get in. With rates as low as 3.5% for first time home buyers coupled with other programs which can assist in offsetting the cost of a down payment, buyers can find their way
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Two weeks ago, in honor of Mother’s Day, we asked you for the best money lesson you learned for your moms. Many of you left awesome comments about all the tips you learned, and we’re glad that so many of our readers started their money lessons at a young age.
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Amy: To catch everyone up to speed, there’s currently a campaign called “Lived Below the Line” that calls for people to try to live below the poverty line, using only $1.50 a day for food because that would be the US dollar equivalent of extreme poverty.
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Recently, we’ve been tackling different perspectives on student debt. We had an interview with a soon-to-be grad, who faces paying back $50,000 in student loans, and wrote about how recent grads are faring in the workforce, detailing 5 different stories from real-life recent grads. We also addressed the media’s treatment of millennials, and how to
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