Advantage Credit Counseling Service is excited to announce the redesign of the Online Budget Advisor website and the launch of our new FREE tool: Goal Tracker. We’ve also made some updates to the free Budget Builder tool as well. With the help of a grant from Bank of America, we are able to provide free, […]
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Financial Goals
Goals are dreams or wishes that could come true – if you work really hard at them. If your goals are specific enough, they will motivate you to balance your spending and savings in order to reach your objectives. If you don’t set financial goals, you will find yourself saying “I wish I had…” The […]
Continue ReadingSaving Money with Online Shopping
Online shopping is quick, easy, and has the potential to save you a lot of money. When you usually go out shopping you aren’t just spending money for the things that you planned to buy. You’re also spending money on gas, food, and impulse purchases that you may not even think about. With online shopping you don’t […]
Continue ReadingAdvantage CCS is Updating and Expanding our Free Online Budgeting Tool
Advantage CCS is offering a completely free Online Budget Advisor tool in order to help consumers everywhere with creating and maintaining a realistic household budget. The Online Budget Advisor tool allows individuals to go through a simple step-by-step process that can offer recommendations about budget areas that may need improvement. There are certain events in […]
Continue ReadingWays to Save Money on the Holidays Next Year by Starting Today!
You’ve finally finished gift shopping for everyone on your list (maybe), you have the menu all planned out for the big family dinner, and other than cleaning the house or doing other daily chores, you might actually be getting ready to relax and enjoy this holiday season. But don’t let your guard down just yet. If you […]
Continue ReadingVeterans Day Deals and Specials
Now that the 2012 presidential election is over with, we can focus our energy on thanking all of the brave men and women who currently serve in our armed forces and also our Veterans who have served this country proudly. In the United States, Veterans Day is usually observed on November 11th. However, if it occurs […]
Continue ReadingFree Online Budgeting Tool from Advantage Credit Counseling Service
Learning to live on a fixed income can sometimes be a difficult transition to make. Whether you’ve gone from 2 incomes down to 1, are faced with recent job loss, or maybe retirement is the cause. Establishing a budget can help identify the resources you have to access, the responsibilities you have to pay and the expenses […]
Continue ReadingWhy Budgets Are So Important To Have
Budgets are very important in this day and age with the struggling economy going the way it is. You may have asked yourself before “Do I really need to create a budget?” The short and simple answer is YES! We’ll list some obvious reasons why we think budgets are so important and maybe some not […]
Continue ReadingAdvantage CCS wants consumers to know that the Online Budget Advisor tool is now FREE!
Advantage CCS has some very exciting news that we would like to announce: The Agency’s online Budget Advisor tool is now FREE to the public. This online budgeting analysis tool was previously available for $4.95 but Advantage Credit Counseling Service has completely gotten rid of any and all fees! The consumer can now use this […]
Continue Reading5 Smart Money Management Decisions
These are difficult times that we are living in right now. We all know that many jobs have been lost, savings have most likely been annihilated, and home values have deflated all over the country. If you haven’t experienced any of these things, then count yourself as being very lucky. The mere threat of any […]
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