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Check Advantage Blog · 2d ago

It’s Storm Season — Is Your Disaster Plan Ready?

With the 2012 tornado season already underway and the hurricane season fast approaching, it’s a good time to think about how your business would fare if a weather emergency or other disaster struck. The fact is, as a small business owner, you have data protection needs just like larger corporations;
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Check Advantage Blog · 3d ago

Improving Your Credit Score – Dos and Don’ts

Fixing bad credit is a bit like having to lose extra weight – it doesn’t happen all at once (or at least, not if you want to stay healthy!)  It’s a process that takes time, the development of good habits, and a bit of discipline. However, just like losing wait, it is doable.  Barring any [...]
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Check Advantage Blog · 1w ago

DIY Wedding Tips to Save You Money

The following article was originally published in December of 2010 as a way to help couples at the beginning of their wedding planning. But if you’re planning a wedding for this summer, and suddenly realized it’s going to cost you much more than expected, these ideas will help you cutback a bit with
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Check Advantage Blog · 1W ago

How Your Credit Score Impacts Your Car Insurance Rates

Your car insurance rates are determined by many different factors. You know the obvious ones, of course: the make, model and year of your vehicle, your driving record, and where you live. What you may not know, however, is that in most states insurance companies actually use another method to determ
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Check Advantage Blog · 2W ago

Saving Money With Smarter Media Options

Do you spend a lot of money on cable TV, books, magazines and newspapers? Would you like to save money on those items? Whether it’s for entertainment or educational purposes, bills for media can start piling up quickly. Before you realize it, you’re wasting money on things you’ll never, watch, read
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Check Advantage Blog · 2W ago

Economic Sexism Lives On… and On

When I entered the workforce full time in the early 1980s, I was shocked to learn that I could expect to earn only a little over 60 cents for every dollar brought in by men with my qualifications. It’s called the gender pay gap, and anyone who says it no longer exists has his head [...]
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Check Advantage Blog · 2W ago

Four “Staycation” Ideas for the Summer

Summer is quickly approaching, which means thoughts of tanning somewhere on a sandy beach is on everyone’s minds—except, well, those who can’t really afford to go on a vacation right now. And with increasing jet fuel and gas prices, fewer people will be seen in the air and on the roadways this seaso
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Check Advantage Blog · 3W ago

Should You Roll-over Your 401(k) to an IRA?

Gone are the days where you’re likely to be hired by a company out of college, and handed a gold watch by the same institution at retirement. Most individuals migrate from job to job, whether for personal or professional growth or due to the increasing pace of the world economy (and the rate that or
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Check Advantage Blog · 3W ago

Four Ways Your Kids Actually Save You Money!

Raising kids ain’t easy. It ain’t cheap either! According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the cost of raising a child is up more than 40% over the last decade. The USDA estimates it will cost you around $227,000 from birth to 18, if your kid was born in 2010. So that obviously doesn’t include
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Check Advantage Blog · 4W ago

Electric Cars and the Debate Over the Gas Tax

Electric car technology has increasingly become a more viable option for manufacturers and car buyers in recent years. Because the technology is still new and cars are expensive, many are hesitant to shell out for an all-electric vehicle. Although many drivers believe this to be the exciting wave of
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