Why Your Credit Score Could Jump in July: Core Career Advice to Make More Money: The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup

[The Simple Dollar]( In Case You Missed It: This Week's Best from The Simple Dollar Why Your Credit Score Might Get a Surprise Boost This July [credit score]( By John Ulzheimer If tax liens or judgments are weighing down your credit report, the credit bureaus just did you a solid by announcing they will purge the vast majority of this negative information from consumer credit reports. I’m not prone to exaggeration, but this is a really big deal. [Read More]( Want to Make More Money? Core Career Advice I Wish I'd Known [networking]( By Trent Hamm Always show up early, and keep in touch with people. If you want to eventually earn better pay at your job or to stay in that career path, following these tips (and a few others) will help. They’re tickets to success in virtually every job and every career path. [Read More]( Here's What Our $150-a-Week Food Budget Looks Like [dog]( By Holly Johnson Since we tightened up our finances several years ago, we've been budgeting $600 a month for food. From planning our meals and grocery store list to the recipes we used to prepare them, here's what our weekly food budget looks like in action. [Read More]( How to Write a Simple Business Plan for Your Side Hustle [typing on laptop]( By Trent Hamm Here's a guide to assembling a business plan for a small side business. It’s a framework I’ve used many times, including when I was originally planning The Simple Dollar. The value in writing such a plan is that it forces you to think about these issues before you even start so that you don’t throw yourself into a plan that’s doomed to fail. [Read More]( What NOT to Do When Selling Your Home [house for sale]( By Holly Johnson From skimping on photography to leaving lots of family photos around during an open house, here are some of the mistakes real estate professionals see home sellers making over and over again. [Read More]( More from The Simple Dollar: - Reader Mailbag: [Bankruptcy, Cremation, Music, Philosophy, and More!]( - [31 Days to Financial Independence, Day 31: Bringing It All Together]( - [How to Watch March Madness Without Paying for Cable]( - [#FollowFrugal: 14 Social Media Accounts for Fun, Financial Wisdom]( - Trent: [12 Ways to Use Spring Break to Tidy Up Your Finances]( - Trent: [The Imitation Game]( - [Three Reasons to Cut or Change Your Commute, Pronto]( More from Around the Web: - [Five Books Recruiters Say You Must Read Even If You're Not Job Hunting]( (Money) - [Investors, Don't Expect Trump Market to Resemble Reagan 2.0]( (MarketWatch) - [Lack of Oxford Comma Costs Maine Company Millions in Court]( (Boston Globe) - [Our Brains Love New Stuff and It's Killing the Planet]( (Harvard Business Review) As a reminder, you're receiving this email because you subscribed to our weekly mailing list. If you no longer wish to receive our emails, you can [unsubscribe here]( at any time. Thanks for reading! --The Simple Dollar team 1525 4th Ave. #500 Seattle WA 98101 USA [Unsubscribe]( | [Change Subscriber Options](