Jeff Somers
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9 Home Essentials You Didn’t Know You Needed
Every home comes with maintenance, repairs, and surprising challenges, which is why most of us already have the obvious essentials on hand—fire extinguishers, flashlights, basic tools, and the like. But there are a several items you might not think of as a “home essential” that are going to prove very useful to you one day.…
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The Best Things in Your House to Sell for Parts
Chances are you have a lot of stuff in your house. Possibly also in a storage unit. And maybe at your parents’ house, your ex’s place, and liberally scattered throughout the globe. We all accumulate a ton of things as we go through life—it’s estimated that the average home has about 300,000 things in it,…
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A Second Job Might Not Be the Solution, Actually
Most advice offered to anyone struggling to make ends meet typically boils down to some variation of “spend less and/or earn more”—which often means getting a second job. And a lot of us have taken that advice—close to 8.5 million people in the U.S. have more than one job these days. On the surface, that…
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The Weirdest Side Hustles That Can Make You Real Money
Whether the rise of the side hustle is evidence of the can-do American spirit or the decline of the American Dream (why not both?), a lot of folks need one. Not quite a second (or third) job, but more than a hobby, a side hustle is a way to turn free time and sweat equity…