Money Matters: Earn and Save

DiversyFund's pitch: "DiversyFund opens opportunities for the everyday investor to access high value private real estate investing through its non-traded REIT (real estate investment trust).  Protect yourself from market volatility and adopt the trusted investing strategies of the wealthy. Access private market real estate Diversify from stock markets Institutional-grade investing made easy 24/7 access through one easy platform" I can't say if this is right for you. I have money in a lot of different investments with varied risk for diversification purposes, so I did put money into this one personally and have seen good returns since doing so (a year or two ago?), but I'd probably recommend that you start out with only a small portion of your investment portfolio here if you choose to put money into it, particularly if you're risk averse and need most of your money readily accessible. The $100 makes up for a lot of that initial risk though. Referra...

Well, I just got home from another amusing Walmart shop with nearly as much money as I left with! (See photo below.) I feel like it keeps getting harder to get rid of my money. 😂 While that's not a problem I'm currently seeking help to resolve, I'm always happy to help anyone who'd like to be able to relate! In this particular instance , I just used ibotta to get a bunch of things I'd never pay retail for for free or cheap. Of course, I also used lots of other receipt-scanning apps and a cash back credit card as well, making this little haul borderline profitable — and the hubby did the same for double the fun — but one thing at a time! Ibotta info: Ibotta is a cash back rewards app that I use to get cash back or even make money when I go grocery shopping as well as sometimes when I make online purchases, etc. For grocery shopping, I have a quick peek in the app whenever I'm in a store and looking to see what I can use it to get free or at least discou...

Fyi for those of you in the states 🇺🇲, M1 Finance currently has a $50 referral bonus. (The person referring AND the person signing up each get $50.) Very worth it imo. Sean Gee and I both have accounts already (which were quick to set up) that we just keep our initial funding + the referral credit invested in. Join us? Referral info: With M1, you can automatically invest in what you want for free. Use this link today and get $50 when you open and fund a new account with $100: https://m1.finance/DHWckuFFo9Hs Details I received from M1 via email earlier:

In case any of you are interested in signing up to get your hands on your own free stuff when your birthday rolls around (or checking what I'm missing here and sending me some recommendations!), here's a list of most of the decent birthday deals companies sent me this year just for signing up to their free loyalty programs: 🔺️Note that my birthday was 5/8, and the expiration dates given corresponded to that. Your deals will correspind to YOUR birthday. •A&W (root beer float, expiration: 6/7) •Arby's (shake & curly fries with purchase, expiration: ~7/7) •Auntie Anne's (pretzel, expiration: 5/15) •Baskin Robbins (scoop, expiration: 5/18) •Bennihana ($30 (dine-in), expiration: 6/2) •Buffalo Wild Wings (6-piece wings, expiration: ?) •Cane's (drink, expiration: 5/9) •Cinnabon (coffee, expiration: 5/15) •Circle k ($2, expiration: ~6/6) •CVS (hand sanitizer, tweezers, or eye mask, expiration 5/31) •Del taco (shake, expiration: ?) •Denny's (Grand Sl...

Recently, a friend expressed interest in how my husband Sean and I had scooped up and old slot machine, easily worth at least $500, without having to open our wallets. It reminded me: a penny saved is a penny earned. That in mind, have you heard of the Buy Nothing project? The concept: some people post things they no longer want or need for free, some people post things they're in need of, and a lot of money and landfill space is saved. More info here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/buy-nothing-groups-gift-economy/2021/04/20/e392b896-964d-11eb-a6d0-13d207aadb78_story.html For those of you who also happen to be local to Las Vegas, NV, this is one of our main local groups: https://www.facebook.com/groups/220512709351527/ For those of you elsewhere, search for "Buy Nothing" + your area (i.e., town, suburb, etc.) on Facebook, and you should be able to find one easily enough. If not, search here for one near you: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web...

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