Ann Hartter

Posts by: Ann Hartter

Seventeen Things to Do When You’re Out of Work The people around me are struggling with cut hours and layoffs, and cutting back on finances is only part of the effect.... read the story

Optimism in The Stock Market Dave Kansas of the Wall Street Journal has what I like to see in a capitalist economy: optimism. Talking about the year ... read the story

Renting Responsibly: How Not to be a Victim of Foreclosure The business section of the Denver Post included a bit about Fannie Mae signing interim rental contracts with tenants of... read the story

Why You Should Find A Financial Mentor I’m very careful with my money, but everything about it is not clear as crystal. Every year around January, questi... read the story

How to Offset the Cost of Luxury Al Gore offsets his carbon footprint. Volunteering for your community is offset for minor crimes. If you can offset thos... read the story

Online Classified Scams: 10 Ways “They Could Never Happen To Me” As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I saw an ad looking for an tutor for English as a Second Language. School-age... read the story

Learning That Frugality Skills Shouldn’t Vacation When I Do: Priceless The fourth of July promised to be a leisurely, stress-free weekend. My credit card was paid off and ready for gas purcha... read the story

An Odd Job by any Other Name would Smell Just as Sweet: Thirty Odd Jobs Saving is one half of an equation, but to save, you have to make money. Many like to supplement their regular jobs, many... read the story

Going Ad-less: Turning off the Media There are few sources of information these days that do not come riddled with advertising, or at least with a list of ge... read the story

Putting the Scrap back into the Art of Scrapbooking I hopped into the craft store for paint supplies and found myself staring at a display across the aisle as I was checkin... read the story