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10 Reasons Why You Can't Get A Second Date
September 14, 2017
Wondering what went wrong on the first date that didn’t get you to a second date is an awful feeling. Even on dates that seemed to go well, your date might later tell you something like, “I just didn’t feel a strong enough connection” or he or she might completely ignore your attempts to maintain contact. You’re not the only one to feel this way. There are common mistakes that many singles make on the first date without even realizing it.
Read More >Back to School: Tips To Avoid Breaking The Bank
August 25, 2017
Back-to-school shopping might be as stressful for you as the first day of school is your child. Between backpacks, clothes and colored pencils, you’re dreading the chunk about to come out of your bank account. But it doesn’t have to be as expensive as you think. With a few hacks, you can save money on back-to-school supplies. Here are our top tips for back-to-school budgeting: 1. Wait For The List Of Supplies You can save yourself time and money by holding off on shopping until you receive the list of school supplies from your child’s teacher.
Read More >BV Profile: Skip Suva, Software Engineer
September 13, 2017
This week, meet the person responsible for building cool new features for the BeenVerified web apps: What’s your name? Skip Suva What’s your job title? and what does that really mean you do here? Software Engineer. I develop features for our Client-side EmberJS applications that our subscribers use, as well as work on the backend Rails application. How long have you worked at BV? About a year. What did you do before BV?
Read More >Is It Worth Paying For Tinder?
September 7, 2017
If you’ve browsed for apps lately, then you probably noticed that Tinder is now the highest grossing app on Apple’s App Store. The dating app just released “Tinder Gold” last week, allowing “Tinder Plus” users to see who swiped right on their profile without swiping right back, and this feature is obviously giving Tinder users what they wanted. You might be wondering if all of the “extras” of a paid subscription get you closer to finding the perfect match.
Read More >Love It or List It Without Fighting Your Spouse
August 29, 2017
Is your house-hunting venture beginning to feel like an episode of Love It or List It? You and your spouse just can’t agree on anything. You want a home that’s move-in ready. Your spouse wants a fixer-upper. You want a cozy home in the suburbs. Your spouse wants a modern condo in the city. On the hit show that helps fed-up homeowners decide whether to renovate or sell their home, arguments between hosts Hilary Farr and David Visentin can get heated – and might resemble your own relationship with your spouse in the house-hunting process.
Read More >Preventing Fraud After Hurricane Harvey
August 30, 2017
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, two things are certain: Texans will rebuild and repair. Scammers will take advantage of victims, their circumstances and the people lending a hand to help. About the fraud schemes that are bound to arise, Frank Scafidi, spokesman for the nonprofit National Insurance Crime Bureau, said “We’ve seen it after every significant disaster, and we don’t expect anything different once the Harvey-induced floods recede.” Preventing natural disaster relief scams is possible.
Read More >Tips For Talking To Your College Student About Hazing
September 1, 2017
The events involving the death of Penn State University sophomore, Timothy Piazza earlier this year were horrifying. As the parent of a college student, knowing that this tragedy took place will make you question how safe your own child is at college. Piazza was taking part in an acceptance ceremony at one of the college’s fraternities, otherwise known as hazing: an act defined as; “to subject (freshmen, newcomers, etc.) to abusive or humiliating tricks and ridicule.
Read More >Top 5 Money Mistakes That College Students Make
August 23, 2017
Just as how your college student’s choice of study will affect his or her future career, so will the spending decisions he or she makes now affect his or her financial future. Research by federal debt consolidation firm Consolidated Credit on how students today rely on credit cards found that 63 percent of college students say they’ve made a purchase without having the funds to pay the bill. With students already facing high costs of tuition, doing what it takes to have a sound financial future is more important now than ever.
Read More >What The Equifax Hack Means To You
September 12, 2017
Last week, the credit reporting agency Equifax revealed that nearly 143 million Americans were affected by a massive security breach that put personal information, such as Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and driver’s licenses, into the hands of hackers. Now the threat of what can happen with the stolen information has half the U.S. population worried. In this post, we highlight the threats that consumers now face and steps to take to help ensure that you don’t become a victim to further criminal activity.
Read More >Will Your Real Estate Agent Give Away Your Deposit?
September 6, 2017
You might know how to protect yourself from a phishing scam, but does your real estate agent? If not, it could have disastrous consequences for you, your agent and your deposit. While phishing scams aren’t new, the threat is growing in the real estate industry. Unsuspecting homebuyers are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars to these types of scams. Here’s how it works: A hacker breaks into your real estate agent’s email, or the servers of a title company, and begins tracking transactions.
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