One of the coolest ways to save money while in school is to take up the hobby of making your own brewskies. I had a couple groups of friends who got into this as well as my brother. My partner in crime here at My University Money (Justin) developed quite a legendary...
With the strike by Canada Post last year I have been asked by a few friends (we’ll be nice and call them the “technologically-challenged” crowd) to help them automate their finances. I myself am certainly not a computer wizard, and most definitely no one would...
As exciting as it is to be a freshman at university, it’s also probably the first time that you have experienced living on your own. That can present more than a few challenges when it comes to managing money. Fantasy and reality tend to come together during freshman...
Whether you will be living on campus or commuting from home, saving money on gas can be an important part of your overall plan to manage and save money. As anyone who commutes to a job knows, gas is a major component of job related expenses. Anything you can do to...
It’s summertime, the very best time to take a vacation. There’s warm weather, plenty of time, and lots of opportunities everywhere. But how do you take a vacation even if you can’t afford one? We’ll get to that in a little bit. In the meantime, let’s discuss the many...
Summer is a season with lots of free time that needs to be filled. But if you are a student and money is tight, you’ll have to look for fun on the cheap. Fortunately, summer also means a lot of opportunities for exactly this kind of entertainment. Sometimes it’s right...
On August 2, 2011, I became the proud owner of a 70 year old two-story home. Since it was a foreclosed property, I was able to pick it up for the cheap price of $75,000, but it definitely needed some work. And, in order to save money, I was convinced that I could do...
Have you ever been interested in couponing? Sure, it can be annoying to cut and clip a bunch of coupons, but if you know what you’re doing you could really generate a lot of savings! When I graduated from college, I wasn’t able to find a promising job in my hometown,...