Your checking account is spitting up dust and the gas tank is almost dry – you’re broke and need money! What do you do? 1) Well, first of all – you don’t rob a bank! That will bring you more trouble than you’d ever imagined, but there are ways to make it through this crunch…
7 ways To Make Your Financial Ends Meet
Do you find it difficult to make your financial ends meet during the lean times? I get paid once a month, so my lean times come the next day after payday if I am not careful. 1) Writing helps me get through the hard times of the month when my bank account is near broke….
Set Aside an Emergency Fund for Unexpected Expenses
Throughout my long working career as an advertising writer, I always earned enough income to provide for my family. However, no matter how much I brought home on payday, it never seemed to cover unexpected expenses, especially when emergencies occurred. After one particularly costly roof repair that devastated our bank account, I decided to prepare for future emergencies by…
Military Payday Loans
It is no secret that payday loans are everywhere – in storefronts, on the Internet, and in your Yellow Pages. A payday loan is a small, short-term loan that is intended to be paid back on the date of your next paycheck. Most payday loans have high interest rates because this is the only way…
Cash Advance Loans: Here’s the 411
Stores touting cash advance loans are on the rise. Perhaps you have a co-worker or neighbor who has mentioned in passing how they have used payday loans. You may have even seen a store in your neighborhood and are curious about how this type of loan works. Wonderment and apprehension are two easy reactions when…
What a Payday Loan is – Simple Explanation
There has been a great deal of publicity in recent years surrounding payday loans and their effect not only on the economy but on the people that use them as well. Not all of that media exposure has been good. Governmental restrictions on payday loans sent the press into a feeding frenzy, swarming in on…