If you’ve found yourself needing some quick cash recently, you may have considered heading to a pawn shop. You’re not alone. The bad economy has prompted many people to visit a pawn shop for the first time. “We are seeing more people who have never been in a pawn shop before looking for short term [...]

Rachel Dickinso n was shocked when she realized her family would be paying more than $20,000 a year for her daughter to attend college. An author from upstate New York, she had assumed, as a lower middle-class household of six, they would be eligible for more financial aid. “I felt like I fell into the [...]

You probably have heard stories about businesses that will pay you just to drive around with an advertisement on your car, but do these opportunities really exist? And, if so, how do you find them? They’re called “free car” programs or “get paid to drive” promotions. These programs do exist, although they aren’t as plentiful [...]