Money Magazine has posted 50 Smartest Things to do with Your Money, spanning real estate, money management, saving, taxes, investing, consumer topics, and bettering yourself. Some good advice here. From the Real Estate section
Renovate Average cost to fix a dated or cramped kitchen: $42,660. Average fraction of that you’ll add to your home’s value: 80 percent. Pleasure derived by creating a gathering spot that fosters more family time: off the charts.
From the consumer section
Don’t carry a credit card balance If you have cash wallowing in a money fund or bank account at 1 percent and a credit-card balance at, say, today’s average rate of 13 percent, write a check for the balance immediately. That’s a 13 percent return — with no risk.
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