Jeff Somers

If your budget points you toward a used vehicle, stick with a gas-powered one for the time being.

To start, boiling water is not what you want to mop your floor with.

Paying to access your salary early can trap you in the same financially destructive cycle as a payday loan.

If you’re going to be working out anyway, why not make it count for something?

Staying safe and comfortable in your home requires constant vigilance.

Heating your home can be expensive, and you might think you can tough it out and save a lot of cash. But can you?

Yes, everything is wireless these days. But if your walls are open for another project, running some ethernet wire is still a good idea.

Pawning something may not feel great, but it can only do limited damage to your life.

Nail pops aren’t usually cause for worry, but they sure are ugly. Here’s how to deal with them.

From foil and parchment paper to soap, there’s a lot household items we treat as single-use that we really should be re-using.

Nine colleges in the U.S. offer reduced or even free tuition in exchange for work.

From alerting your family to trouble to ensuring folks have access to your accounts, there are several reasons to set one up.

The most powerful tool you have for projects around the house is in your pocket.

Zombies? Fungus? Nukes? Here are the most plausible (and most possible) ways the world ends in your lifetime.

Government programs will sell you a home for a buck—but the other costs may be a lot higher than you think.

You can benefit from the horrifying true-life story of spinach getting lodged in my throat.

You and some like-minded people can establish a brand-new town.

You’re handy and not afraid to tackle projects—but you don't want to make things worse.

If you don’t mind being poked and prodded, you might consider this side hustle.

Sometimes the decisions we make that should right our financial ship actually sink us faster.