We’ve all been there before at some point on our lives...the bills are coming up to being due and the bank account is a little light. Or maybe you want to start you emergency fund or put an extra payment against your student loans. Heck maybe you just want to take a vacation or buy your significant other a surprise. Cash is king and going into debt should never be the option. Luckily for you, me and everyone else, there are plenty of ways to make money quickly. Whether it’s online from home or out using your skills and experience, the opportunities are becoming more accessible and more profitable...you just need to know where to start.

For new readers, the following is a post from Michelle of Operation Husband Rescue. We are pleased she has had joined our team as a contributor. What I Learned About Simple Living From Being Broke During the years I attended college, and shortly afterward when I was about 21-22 years old, I was flat out broke. I was living in the middle of a big city all by myself and paying my bills on a server's salary.

Take control of your money and life with these 89 great personal finance tips. Learn how to save money, make money, manage money, invest, budget and more.

Compound interest refers to the way money grows when invested. The more you have, the larger your balance will grow. It's a simple concept, yet most people can’t explain it clearly in simple terms. Until now.

About one-fifth worry they won’t be able to make their next student loan payment, a new survey finds.

The amount of free knowledge that has come through my headphones from podcasts over the last decade has changed my life. In particular, this collection of personal finance podcasts has helped shift my entire financial journey and outlook on money. Take control of your life with these financial podcasts on money, investing and side hustles. These are 30+ of the best personal finance podcasts today.

Waking up at 5AM has changed my life in so many ways. The positive benefits seen from starting my day earlier stretch across my health, finances and personal productivity. From the exercise, the opportunity to work on other projects to earn more money and focus on my own priorities, it has been a life changer.

There are plenty of fast ways to make extra money to accomplish your financial goals. Those quick money goals might be making an extra payment against a student loan, starting an emergency fund or saving up to fund the trip your friend’s wedding next spring. Some of the ways to make $1,000 quick might take your skills and experience. Others might just need some hustle and a time commitment.

The long read: MH Miller left university with a journal full of musings on Virginia Woolf and a vast financial burden. He is one of 44 million US graduates struggling to repay a total of $1.4tn. Were they right to believe their education was ‘priceless’?

There many benefits to belonging to a credit union. Here are a few that U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union in New Mexico want to remind you about.

Amplification through investment in Robinhood. Mistakes were made, I should have done more research.

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Fifteen million GenXers have hit the big 5-0, but most of them aren’t prepared for retirement. In fact, according to a Personal Capital study, 34% of Gen Xers said they haven’t saved anything at all. At 39%, Millennials aren’t faring much better, but time is on their side to still give their retirement savings a …

In my ongoing quest to build a library of pre-1990 money books, I recently heeded a reader recommendation to buy and read How to Get Rich and Stay Rich by Fred J. Young. Spoiler alert: I liked it! But I almost didn't read it. You see, everything about this book exudes scamminess. The title is scammy. The cover looks scammy. The amateurish formatting seems scammy. But the book is not scammy. How to Get Rich and Stay Rich is a marvelous prototypical book about early retirement. I enjoyed it. Fred J. Young, the author, was born and raised in rural

When to leave and when to stick it out.

Almost 40 percent of the food supply in this country never gets eaten, due to loss and waste, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ("Loss" refe

Bailouts of bankers, shareholders and investors helped set them off on a rebound that Americans who rely on savings or income from their weekly paycheck have yet to see.

There’s nothing like a visit to the auto dealer. You feel an instant rush of excitement as you peruse those shiny new cars and the multiple options available. Learn more about what to look out for.

I recently found out about a new way to use my Air Miles account that I wasn’t aware of. Air Miles Cash rewards offers you a chance to redeem your miles points for cash off every day purchases that you make at participating retailers.

In personal finance, "the latte effect" is shorthand for daily, frivolous expenditures that sneak up on you over time. If you just stop buying triple caramel lattes at Starbucks every afternoon, you can save X each year. And if you choose to invest those funds, you could earn Y each year instead.

I sit in an interesting chair in the financial services industry. Our clients largely fall into the top 1%, have a net worth of $5,000,000 or above, and — if working — make over $300,000 per year. My observations on the sources of their wealth and concerns come from my professional and social activities within this group.

The year 2013 is poised to set a record for the highest number of expatriations ever by US citizens. The total figure so far this year is 2,369, which is one third more than the 1,781 who left in the whole of the previous record year of 2011.

Mike Lathigee an investor of Vancouver and Las Vegas real estate shares his knowledge on global economics at a local level.

American Express Co. (AXP) has agreed to pay $75.7 million to settle claims from U.S. financial regulators that it used deceptive marketing practices to sell protection services to credit-card customers.

Many of those facing a financial squeeze in retirement can look to themselves for part of the blame. They spent many years before the Great Recession borrowing and spending instead of saving.

Minimum-wage jobs are physically demanding, have unpredictable schedules, and pay so meagerly that workers can't save up enough to move on.

In his State of the Union address, the president proposed a new way for Americans to create a nest egg. There are some catches.

Be on the lookout for a recent $9.84 charge on your debit or credit card. It might be part of a massive, worldwide scam. Thieves are using stolen payment cards to make small charges that could easily go unnoticed. The charges are attributed to generic-looking websites such as EETsac.com, CEWcs.com and EduAcc.in, which claim to offer customer support services.

When Square came out with their portable credit card reader, I was very excited to adopt this technology. In exchange for a little under 3% of each transaction, they provided a way to turn my cell phone and my iPad into credit card machines. Portable, convenient, reliable. What’s not to like?

Most people living paycheck-to-paycheck aren't actually poor. They make a decent amount, and they have a decent amount of wealth. And, believe it or not, this makes sense. Now, you might expect that people without any liquid savings like cash or checking accounts wouldn't have any illiquid savings like housing or retirement accounts, either.

Georgia teen Steven Fields might not be able to return the $31,000 he got in First Citizens Bank mistake because he's already spent most of it.

We're finally on the brink of the cashless society that futurists and other have been forecasting for years. The average consumer owns at least two credit cards and early adopters have begun ditching plastic for virtual wallets. Even businesses that used to rely heavily on cash — think taxis, food trucks or even craft fairs — can now go cashless, thanks to new technology like Square.

Economists have begun seriously discussing the idea of banning banks. That seems ridiculous and far-fetched, but the idea might not be as crazy as it sounds. But before we get to the idea, there's something important that needs to be addressed, which is that people tend to have a gross misconception about what a bank does. The typical person probably thinks about a bank the way it's depicted in the movie "It's A Wonderful Life."

Whether a porn star should be able to have a bank account or not might rather depend upon your moral views. You might believe they are the very devil to be cast out from all society. You might think that because they are engaged in legal and consensual commerce then they enjoy exactly the same rights and liberties as everyone else under the law.

Canadians have their share of complaints, but many also say they’re better off than their American counterparts.