Fix My Finances
Helping You Get “Back In The Black”

Save some extra money on cleaning supplies for your home with these easy home-made solutions! Furniture Polish (so expensive at he markets): Try 1 qt. mineral oil 10 drops lemon extract Mix together mineral oil and lemon extract. Pour into spray bottle. To Clean Your Drains try: 1 c. salt 1 c. soda 1/4 c. [...]

Even if you are on a budget that includes no shopping except for necessities, sometimes you just have to open the wallet and make a purchase. Whether it be for a wedding gift, a replacement vacuum cleaner for the one that just quit on you, or some other unexpected purchase that comes up, it might [...]

As consumers we have to be on alert at all times for hidden fees that cost us lots of money over time. Many people do not notice or question strange fees on bills and so companies will simply get away with more of our money than they are entitled to. Grocery stores are notorious for [...]

What will you be doing with your tax rebate check? Retailers are hoping you’ll be spending it at their stores. Many retailers are planning incentives to get shoppers to bring their checks to their registers to spend. For example, Sears is offering potential shoppers what they hope will be an offer to good to pass [...]

There are some easy to do things you can do today that will save you some money. Try taking the money that you do save with these ideas into a savings account each week, and watch your account grow. Maybe it will grow slowly, but some savings is better than no savings every week, right? [...]

Since it’s not free to get your credit score you don’t want to be wasting your money checking it every other week — that’s money you could use towards paying down your debt. So just how often should you check your score without it being a waste of time and money? Your credit score is [...]

Do you owe more than you make? Unfortunately this seems to be the case for people more and more these days. There are some things you can ask yourself to determine how close you are to being “In over your head”. For starters, Do you know how much debt you have? If not, you need [...]