Saving

Welcome to the Million in 10 savings page. Here you will find all articles associated with my lessons and insights on saving.

Saving was a big component of our plan to become millionaires. Your goals for your financial future may be much different than ours but chances are Saving will be part of it.

Have a look at the articles posted. If you have thoughts of your own on what you read, I would love for you to leave a comment on the post and I will reply as promptly as possible.

Buy Refurbished

I just saved over $1,400 buying refurbished. If you want to know how I did it and how you could too, read on. It has been well over a year that I left corporate America for a long deserved break and I have to admit I miss some aspects of the job. Surprisingly what I [...]

Do you need Flood Insurance?

The easy answer is: If you are in a flood zone and have a mortgage your lender will insist on it. But, how do they know you’re in the flood zone? Better question yet, are you really in it? When I initially started writing about this I thought this won’t apply to any of my [...]

Can I afford that pet?

Without exception, whenever the cashier at Petco would say that will be $18.88 for the cat-litter, I would say “For my cat to poop on”. Lame I know but still, pretty crazy, the things we spend money on. It has been several months now since Daisy, our cat, passed away. We miss her, she had [...]

5 Keys to Building Wealth

It has been close to a year since I created this blog millionin10 with the lofty goal of inspiring you to build wealth the way we did. I was a salaried employee with wife, kids, two cats and a picket fence (not white). I also happened to be an expat that came to this country [...]

How we saved $350 a year switching to LED

In a few of my previous posts I’ve mentioned how we’ve saved considerably by getting rid of our incandescent light bulbs. You know the ones invented by Thomas Edison, the ones that run current through a really thin wire that then gets really hot and lights up. The lighting up is really cool but the [...]

10 factors to consider planning for retirement

Planning for retirement is not as easy as you think it might be. I’m not talking about whether you’ll go fishing or grow a vegetable garden. I’m talking about getting to retirement with enough funds to last you a lifetime. If you want to skip all the reading and go straight for the FREE Millionin10 [...]

How we saved $23,000 per year

You read them everywhere, how to save on …. Look around this blog and you’ll find them here as well; articles on how to save money. As you read them you might ask yourself how eliminating a dripping faucet can build you wealth. The answer is simple; all little amounts help, they tend to add [...]

10 ways to save money on your car

One of the bigger expense items in your life is probably you car. Chances are it wasn’t as expensive as the one above but nonetheless. There is the actual purchase of the car which is most likely the highest of all costs but then there is the upkeep and feeding it. Fuel, insurance, oil, small [...]

Know what it costs to run your gadgets

I run a dehumidifier every day from 8am to 8pm. I don’t like to but if I don’t the basement gets stuffy and with stuffiness cones mold. The dehumidifier costs me $0.68 per day to run. How do I know? Well, thanks to the KILL A WAT ™ meter. Yes, I’ve dabbled in a little [...]

10 ways to save money on your utility bills

Your utility bill is one of the constants of life (when you grow up and do that settling down thing). Cutting down that bill  is a great way to work your way out of debt or towards financial freedom.  Following is a list of 10 ways to save money on your utility bills. 10 ways [...]