Like gold and silver, platinum prices have been skyrocketing over the past year — hitting record highs time and again. If you have old jewelry or platinum bars or coins, now is a great time...
If you’re thinking about selling your old diamonds or diamond jewelry for cash, there are three steps you should take before you sell, which I detail below. However, before you get ready to make a...
Falling behind on housing is one of the most stressful money problems there is. You see the due date coming, you do the math in your head, and you know the numbers don’t work. It’s...
Living on one income when every dollar is already spoken for is exhausting. You get paid, you cover the main bills, grab groceries, maybe fill the tank, and the balance drops right back down. One...
If you’re tired of jobs that barely cover groceries, you’re not alone. Plenty of people are stuck in low-wage work even though there are employers begging for help in better-paying roles. You don’t need a...
Gold teeth and caps, gold dental implants, gold fillings, bridges, bridges, gold inlays and onlays are valuable dental scrap that can add up to a nice profit. As gold prices in general have skyrocketed in...
You can work hard, budget, and still come up short. Rent jumps. Groceries creep up. Child care costs as much as a second mortgage. At some point, the math just does not work on wages...
Despite their reputation as shady operations that want to take advantage of unassuming customers, many pawn shops are reputable businesses with deep roots in the communities they serve. If you’re in need of quick cash...
You’re in the thrift store, you spot a “leather” jacket for $24.99, and your brain starts doing math. A real leather jacket from a popular brand can run hundreds of dollars new. If this one...
You don’t need a color-coded binder and three hours a week to save on groceries. Most families are just watching prices climb and hoping the total at checkout won’t wreck the rest of the month....
You might have a box of old wrestling stuff sitting in a closet and assume it’s all junk. A beat-up program from WrestleMania, an action figure your kid left behind, maybe a dusty video game...
If you get restless when things are calm and think most office jobs move at half-speed, you’re not broken, you’re wired for chaos. Some people do their best work when alarms are going off, plans...
The truth separating parents don’t hear enough: having a substance abuse problem does not automatically mean you lose custody of your kids. In my 15 years of writing about and advocating for separated families, I...
You probably didn’t keep your childhood plushies thinking they’d ever be “investments.” They got dragged through backyards, slept on, chewed by the dog, then tossed in a bin or dropped at a thrift store. Most...
According to a recent Consumer Reports survey,1 the average cost of a new tire is $194, compared with $167 per tire in 2024. That doesn’t include the cost of installation, an average of $27. If...