Marla Mayes
Marla Mayes is a former technical documentation manager turned freelance writer based in Central Florida. A Featured Contributor in 2012 for Yahoo! Politics, her work appears on the Yahoo! News, Sports, Finance, and Voices websites. She also contributes celebrity beauty news for The Daily Glow website through Skyword Inc. As a copywriter and ghostwriter for B2B and B2C business clients at Scripted, MediaPiston, and Blogmutt, her specialties cover apartments, beauty, business management, celebrities, entertainment, fitness, lifestyle, movies, music, pets, restaurants, retail, social media marketing, TV, and travel destination topics.
She is a chocoholic, really bad bowler, mom to a mini-schnauzer, and unpaid caregiver for her elderly parents.
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She is a chocoholic, really bad bowler, mom to a mini-schnauzer, and unpaid caregiver for her elderly parents.
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First Person: A Side Gig Helped My CareerMoonlighting as a professional wedding and special event musician was a surprising career boost in my early working days. My high-tech engineering employer promoted me into leadership roles due to how my side gig demonstrated leadership capabilities.Also published on:
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First Person: I'm Too Broke to Go BankruptIn debt for $42K, I can't afford the $1,500 lawyer fee and court costs to file for bankruptcy. CNN Money reports I'm not alone. Estimates indicate that I'm one of up to a million people this year that are too broke to afford bankruptcy fees.
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First Person: My 79-Year-Old Dad Refinanced His House for Another 30 YearsMy parents bought their home in 1970. After 40 years of first, second, and sometimes third mortgage payments, they refinanced it again with a 30-year home loan. What were they thinking?
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First Person: I'm Working Part Time and I Couldn't Be HappierPart-time jobs in the corporate world can be tough to find as they are often not posted on the usual job boards. This is how I got my unadvertised part-time job with an engineering and manufacturing company and how it's helping my future career options.
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First Person: I Was Charged $2,500 After My Apartment Move-OutThe best apartment I've ever rented was the worst after move out. I had no idea what one ridiculous $2,500 fee was for until I received a class-action lawsuit notice. This is my apartment rental move out horror story.
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First Person: I Started a Small Business For Just $10Selling makeup and beauty supplies from home was a low cost way to start-up a small business and earn extra cash. It was fun and profitable working from home as an independent sales representative for two years until I relocated for another job.
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First Person: 3 Things I Won't Buy Used AnymoreBuying used items can be an effective money saving strategy for the right things, but there's some stuff I'll never buy second-hand again. Some things are just not worth the trouble.
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First Person: Spring Cleaning My Financial PaperworkClearing piles of unpaid bills, debt collector nasty-grams, and other assorted paperwork clutter can be daunting - even for a professional data manager. Here's how I'm putting my day job skills to work for me at home to spring clean my paperwork clutter.
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First Person: My 5-Year, Debt-Free College DegreeI paid my own way to obtain a four year college degree without student loans or Pell Grants. A combination of planning, mentoring, saving money and a rare opportunity made it possible.
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First Person: Helping My Fixed-Income, Retired Parents Save on GroceriesLike many of the elderly, my parents lose track of what's already in their refrigerator and food pantry. Worse, they are both foodies and are susceptible to grocery sales on goodies. Using the internet is how I'm helping them save on grocery shopping.
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First Person: I'm Living on Less Than Minimum WageAffordable housing is the biggest challenge for minimum wage workers, more so for those of us making less. My housing situation is not ideal, but it's better than being homeless.
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First Person: A $10 Cell Phone Plan Is Enough for MeI switched pre-paid cell phone plans from unlimited, anytime, text, data, email, internet, and voice to a pay-as-you-go plan. I'm saving $40 a month by switching plans.
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First Person: Middle-Aged, Broke and Deeply in DebtLong term unemployment, underemployment, and family medical have me stuck near the bottom of the 99% pool. I've got to start from scratch somehow to recover from this financial mess I'm in. This is my plan for financial recovery.
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First Person: I'm Rebuilding My Savings from ScratchMy father's savings account was charged for inactivity during a recent 3 month hospital stay, despite maintaining $1,000 plus in his checking account. This is how I avoid inactivity fees by saving money using an online only bank savings account.
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First Person: I'm on Unemployment But I'm Still WorkingEarning up to $58 a week by self-employment or part-time work is allowed without any reduction in unemployment aid in my state, Florida. This is how I've earned extra pocket cash during unemployment.
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First Person: No Retirement for Me?My parents retired early in their 50s. Now in their 70s with failing health, I'm looking at being their unpaid caretaker for many years. When will I ever be able to retire if I can't work during the next five or 10 or more years?Also published on:
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First Person: I'm Pre-Approved For an Auto Loan But I'm Keeping My Old CarI received an unsolicited credit offer to buy a car, but I'm broke, underemployed, and $42K in debt.
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First Person: I Owe $42,000 in Hospital Bills and I’m Not PayingHow a life-threating medical emergency in 2011 put me in debt for almost four times more than my income, yet I had group health insurance. This is why I'm not going to pay.
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First Person: Forced Ranking Systems and Employee HiringHiring designated low performers is an odd management strategy some bosses use, but don't admit to. Here's why.
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First Person: I'm Now a Permanent Temp Worker ... and I Love ItTemping is not a bridge to a permanent job for me. After years of climbing the corporate ladder(s), I was laid off and outsourced -- repeatedly. Surprisingly happier as a temporary office worker, permanently, here's why I made that mid-life career choice.
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First Person: Grandma Got Ripped Off by a ScammerHelping my elderly mom identify credit card fraud, recover the loss, and report the scam. Hacker security breaches at scads of banking and shopping websites, she already had (free) identity theft protection provided by her afflicted credit card company.