My junior year of college, I lived in a very old house with 10, yes, 10 of my best friends.  It had old windows, old doors, and I’m pretty sure I saw some mice running around with AARP cards.  Our heating bill during the winter was anywhere from $800-$1000 a month that winter, even when we k...

This book racket is a huge problem, but there are a lot of alternatives to the traditional approach to buying textbooks and selling them back for not nearly what they are worth. Digital textbooks You’ve all heard of the Kindle right? It’s a very cool gadget that has digital copies of boo...

Planning for college shouldn’t be intimidating, even if you’ve started late. If you’re the type that needs to be scared into doing something, then let yourself get scared. It’s better to be too prepared than not prepared at all. The reality of saving for college is that the e...

Textbooks: They’re high priced, we don’t have a choice usually but to buy them, and they suck. Don’t worry about them too much though. Here are some tips to help you minimize the pain and potentially maximize your gain when it comes to college textbooks: 1.  Ask the teacher if the...