{"id":90,"date":"2013-02-20T21:16:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T21:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/finaid\/?p=90"},"modified":"2013-02-20T21:16:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T21:16:38","slug":"tight-on-cash-we-have-tips-to-help-you-save-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/finaid\/2013\/02\/20\/tight-on-cash-we-have-tips-to-help-you-save-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Tight on Cash? We Have Tips to Help You Save Money!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Living the life of a college student often means that you have little money to spare. Thankfully, there are some way to hold on to as much cash as you can.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 15px\">Keep track of all of the money you spend. Small purchases may not seem like much at the time, but they do add up.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Be smart with credit cards. Charge only what you can afford to pay each money and limit the number of accounts you have to one or two.<\/li>\n<li>Take advantage of student discounts and ask around for special offers. It&#8217;s an easy way to lower your cost and often takes no more effort than flashing your school I.D.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid rent-to-own stores, pawn shops, and cashing check stores. They may give you instant gratification, but you pay a pretty penny in the long run for doing business with them.<\/li>\n<li>Steer clear of using vending machines. Spending $1 a day, every day, during a four-year degree program adds up to $1,461. Yikes!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Living the life of a college student often means that you have little money to spare. Thankfully, there are some way to hold on to as much cash as you can. Keep track of all of the money you spend. Small purchases may not seem like much at the time, but they do add up. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20,21,27,30],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-finaid","tag-financial-aid","tag-financialliteracy","tag-money","tag-quicktips","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}