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#10: "Money Hacks" author Lisa Rowan joins Chris to talk about lots of money tips you might not know about, including grocery store tactics, deals on prescriptions, finding and claiming your missing money and getting things repaired for free!
Lisa Rowan (@lisatella) is author of Money Hacks: 275+ Ways to Decrease to Decrease Spending, Increase Savings, and Make Your Money Work for You! She's also a consumer finance writer at Forbes and the co-host of the Pop Fashion podcast.
Selected Links From The Episode
Connect with Lisa Rowan: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Podcast
Protect yourself online: Try 1Password for Free
Penny Hoarder: Website
Get a virtual credit card: Privacy.com
Coupons for Prescription drugs: GoodRx
Find coupons automatically: Honey
Websites where you can flip your things: Facebook Marketplace | Craigslist | NextDoor | Poshmark | StockX
Save on your energy bill: OhmConnect
Find out your credit (vantage) score: CreditKarma | Credit Sesame
Side hustle ideas: Rent A Friend | Sell Your Junk Mail | Dscout
Save money on books: Library Extension | Libby App
Full Show Notes
A listener who used a tactic and won [00:01]
Who is Lisa Rowan? [00:37]
How did Lisa get obsessed with this? [02:31]
Pay yourself to splurge: one question to ask before shilling out money. [06:31]
How many times did you fall for the free shipping trap? [10:16]
Auditing your subscriptions and using the money for something else. [13:33]
Are you always forgetting to cancel after a free trial? Use this tip. [15:26]
How you can pay less for your prescription drugs and medical procedures. [17:41]
How to find great discount codes (other than Honey). [22:26]
Instead of paying to repair your things, go to this type of cafe. [23:29]
Using a pawn shop to save money. [24:13]
How to flip things you no longer need. [25:08]
Grocery tactics: Why you should walk clockwise at the grocery store. [24:42]
How you can save money on energy AND get paid. [28:20]
How to build your credit by paying your rent [31:12]
How to get your REAL credit score for FREE (not on Credit Karma). [33:00]
Getting your missing money. [35:03]
Being ready for opportunities to make more money. [39:00]
Side hustles that you probably haven’t thought of. [40:50]
Don’t watch the stock market. [44:54]
Know which text messages to ignore. [45:55]
Managing money is not always sexy. [48:54]
A tactic Lisa thought her publisher won’t let her put in the book [49:23]
Should you try all the tactics? [50:46]
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