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Most consumers don’t have the time or patience to comparison shop. Instead, they buy what they want when they see it. That’s normally fine, but the price sometimes drops right after they purchase the item. They walk into the store one day and see it is hundreds of dollars less than what they paid. That […]

If you’ve ever gone through the car-buying experience, the results of surveys asking consumers which part of the experience they hate the most shouldn’t surprise you. Next to haggling over the price of a car, those surveyed said arranging and negotiating car financing was the worst. The process really hasn’t changed much over the last […]

For many college students, the midterm exams and research papers are the fun part. It’s true. Pulling an all-nighter before the final to grasp that impossible Philosophy 101 concept is a cake-walk when compared to what you had to do to even get accepted into the school in the first place. That is because the process required […]

Ohio takes its name from the Ohio River, the major geographic feature of the famous Ohio River Valley. The enormous river valley, and later the state of Ohio, was “gifted” to the British Empire after victory over the French in the Seven Years War. A couple decades and a revolution later, the same river valley […]

Mistakes happen from time to time with credit cards. Those mistakes usually have to do with forgetting to make a payment. Sometimes, people pay too much, and occasionally someone might get confused with there statement and current balance. Those who pay more than their credit card balances end up with a negative balance. For example, assume that Plain J

In 2017, there are more payment options available to consumers than at any other point in history.  Seriously, the payment world is your oyster. Today, we have debit and credit cards, digital wallets like ApplePay, virtual currencies like Bitcoin, eChecks, and of course, the ole’ reliable: cash.  But, with the advent of more and more […]

Although you might need to prove your income in different ways, self-employed individuals have options for refinancing their student loans.

Its 2017, and believe-it-or-not, there is still at least one traditional service that seems like it will not be getting phased out anytime soon by a more accessible, modern-day technological service. You may be saying, “Hold the phone, how is that even possible? Technology makes everything better.” But according to a new LendEDU poll of m

The 21st century has brought about too many transformative ideas to count. It feels like with each passing month a new technology comes out that pushes another century-old industry into obscurity. Just look at what Uber and Lyft did to the taxi industry, what smartphones did to landlines, or what Netflix is doing to the cable conglomera

Home to nearly three million people, Chicago, Illinois is the third most populous city in the United States. Aside from being a major U.S. city, Chicago has dominated the Midwest region as a major economic center with its access to the Great Lakes and Mississippi River system. Although recognized as a major economic center, Chicago is […]