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Are You Living in the Least Affordable City?

By The Home Economist| 2014-04-18T23:20:39+00:00 April 14th, 2014|Categories: Econo-YOU, House & Money, Random|Tags: affordable real estate, Housing Opportunity Index, real estate, what cities are most affordable, where can you buy a house, where is the most affordable real estate|

Look at national rankings to see whether you might be better off house-hunting a lot further from home.

Family Fun For Free

By The Home Economist| 2014-04-02T18:08:51+00:00 April 2nd, 2014|Categories: Econo-YOU, Families & The Economy|Tags: family time, free activities for kids and families, kids, low cost ways to spend time with kids, things you can do with kids for free, what can you do with kids that doesn't cost money|

It may take a village to raise a child, but it doesn't have to take a fortune. Here's how to laugh, love and laugh more - for free.

Fabulous Features of New Homes

By The Home Economist| 2014-04-01T19:40:25+00:00 April 1st, 2014|Categories: Econo-YOU, House & Money, Mom-o-nomics|Tags: economy, homes, National Association of Home Builders, new construction, new homes, what are the features of new homes|

Want to salivate over real estate? Here are features of today's (brand) new homes.

Erase Credit Card Debt

By The Home Economist| 2014-03-10T12:19:34+00:00 March 10th, 2014|Categories: Econo-YOU, Life in Numbers|Tags: credit card debt, credit cards, credit report, dave ramsey, erase debt, high balances, interest rate|

Rely on your emotions to help free yourself of credit card debt. Question: If your credit card balance is $1000, carries a 24 percent interest rate, and you send in a 2 [...]

Raise Kids Who Grow Up to Be Rich

By The Home Economist| 2013-12-29T22:33:29+00:00 December 29th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Kids & Money|Tags: early childhood learning, early learning leads to more income, early math, early reading, how can I make sure my kid gets a good job, how can I teach my kid about budgeting, how can I teach my kids at home, pre-k, raise rich kids, reading levels|

You can use chocolate candies today to raise kids who earn more money. Use chocolate candies to teach math today and raise your kids to be rich tomorrow. Because kids with reading [...]

Whose Kids Are Smarter? Stay Home vs. Working Moms

By The Home Economist| 2013-12-30T00:33:28+00:00 December 29th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Working Moms & Money|Tags: early math scores, early reading scores, is it bad to go back to work, reading scores of children 4-years old, reading scores of pre-k, should I go back to work after having a baby, whose kids are smarter, Working Moms, working moms or stay home moms|

In today's edition of the topic we call Mom-Nonsense, we'll cover the debate about whether working or staying home is better for babies and present new evidence that....IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. Yes, ladies, we'll have [...]

Weight-Loss Danger Drugs: Holiday 2014

By The Home Economist| 2013-12-26T15:49:00+00:00 December 26th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Health & Money|Tags: aristolochia, chaparral, comfrey, diet drugs, ephedra (ma huang), germander, germanium, how do you know if a product can help you lose weight, L-tryptophan, lobelia, lose weight, magnolia-stephania, weight loss supplements|

We all want to believe in weight loss miracles this season but these drugs could have your new hot-bod covered in a hospital gown for causing serious problems.

Computer Virus Scam: Get Your Money Back

By The Home Economist| 2013-11-13T15:16:42+00:00 November 13th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Recalls and Scams|Tags: computer, computer scams, malware, phone call from someone from microsoft, phone call saying my computer had a virus, virus scams|

If you get a call from a guy claiming to be from Microsoft, hang up. Don't worry if you got scammed from the guy with the accent claiming to be from Microsoft - the guy [...]

How to Negotiate a Flexible Work Schedule

By The Home Economist| 2013-11-07T16:58:03+00:00 November 7th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Random, Working Moms & Money|Tags: balancing work and family, flexible hours, flexible work day, Flextime, how can I get a flexible work schedule, how can I get flextime, how can I leave my job to pick up kids from school, I want to pick up my kids from school, leaving work early, Work-life balance|

Flextime can enhance your life and build your company's bottom line. Here's how to negotiate.

Brain Building for a Better Life

By DiAnna Drysdale| 2013-11-05T23:16:30+00:00 November 3rd, 2013|Categories: Health & Money, Random|Tags: Brain building, Cliff Drysdale, DiAnna Drysdale, get smarter, meditation|

Try these tuition-free tactics for getting smarter, more creative and even extra active.

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