Bills Piling Up?
Are you feeling overwhelmed and don’t know where to turn? Get connected to local organizations that offer help in times like these, with services such as foreclosure prevention and assistance with food, housing, and utilities. See also our list of online resources.
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The Foreclosure Survival Guide: Keep Your House or Walk Away With Money in Your Pocket by Stephen Elias A practical and compassionate guide to help homeowners through the current economic crisis. Catalog Link |
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Shop Smart, Save More: Learn The Grocery Game and Save Hundreds of Dollars a Month by Teri Gault A founder of TheGroceryGame.com shares numerous tips for saving money while grocery shopping, from identifying the best stores and decoding grocery-store marketing lingo to using coupons and buying in bulk. Catalog Link |
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365 Ways to Live Cheap: Your Everyday Guide to Saving Money by Trent Hamm This book offers up a bevy of ways to cut down on costs and still enjoy a satisfying lifestyle in any situation. From practicing good gas conservation habits to learning to love leftovers, this book will help every aspiring penny pincher stop the unnecessary spending and find the fun in frugality! Catalog Link |
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Cut Your Energy Bills Now: 150 Smart Ways to Save Money and Make Your Home More Comfortable and Green by Bruce Harley This book gives homeowners the basic knowledge, understanding, and incentive to lower their energy use and costs, and to create a more comfortable, healthy and durable home. Catalog Link |
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Help! I Can't Pay My Bills: Surviving a Financial Crisis by Sally Herigstad A CPA explains how to cope with skyrocketing personal debt, as well as how to find one’s way back to solvency by eliminating debt and building financial security, with practical information and step-by-step instructions on how deal with creditors, cope with the IRS, build and stick to a budget, develop a plan to reach one’s financial goals, and other crucial topics. Catalog Link |
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Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Money Saving Meals by Sandra Lee A collection of recipes based on the approach of combining prepared and fresh ingredients focus on strategies to save money while creating traditional and innovative meals. Catalog Link |
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An Insider's Guide to Refinancing Your Mortgage: Money-Saving Secrets You Need to Know by David Reed Evaluates the different reasons to refinance a home loan and walks through each step in the refinancing process, focusing on shopping lenders and mortgage brokers for discounts on the closing costs, and finding the best lender, loan officer, and interest rate overall. Catalog Link |
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What To Do When the Economy Sucks: 101 Tips to Help You Hold on To Your Job, Your House and Your Lifestyle by Peter Sander This book offers readers concrete, specific strategies to prevent foreclosure, create and stick to a family budget, repair bad credit ratings, streamline spending, save for the future, and more. Catalog Link |
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The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide: Protect Your Savings, Boost Your Income, and Grow Wealthy Even in the Worst of Times by Martin D. Weiss Offers advice to limit real estate and stock losses, build and protect nest eggs, and recognize when the sinking economy finally hits bottom. Catalog Link |