This past Wednesday at 12:35AM I signed off on my soul – er, I mean a lease – for a place that was listed $100 higher than my final, accepted offer (it’s a monthly lease). I’m not a realtor, but here are some things I learned along the way to help those of you looking to buy or rent a place: Always go lower than they’re asking. If they’re asking for $2,050, put in an offer for $1,800. Don’t go too low, but cut off some to [...]

Episode 12. In this episode, Marv talks pet savings (thanks to inspiration from Doug’s post on How to Save Money on Pets). Marv also talks about the Top and Bottom 5 times to splurge on a vacation.

In this GauchoCast, Marv talks with Julia of The Frugal Find. They talk about how Julia got started with The Frugal Find, favorite deals, great deals of the week, Blissdom 2010, the new Apple iPad and more.

In this GauchoCast, Marv shows how it’s nothing new to have a head of state promote a product. In fact, it’s pretty common. Particularly when you (poorly) photoshop artificial results in an attempt to be campy/funny. Also, stay tuned till the end to see a quick hello from Julia of The Frugal Find. Our good friend Julia will be representing Gaucho at the Blissdom Conference, and next week we’ll be serving up a GauchoCast with Marv and Julia  chatting about [...]

Now, you certainly don’t need to join a gym to get exercise. There are more affordable ways, such as walking, hiking, running, doing push-ups with your dog on your back — even gardening and the like.

In the fourth installment of the GauchoCast, Marv shows you when it’s time to break up with your clunker and how to seek out the best deal on a new ride. Gauchocast 4: How To Break Up With Your Car from GauchoCast on Vimeo.

Saving really is something you have to think about carefully in order for it to benefit you. I noticed something quite interesting about it when I was grocery shopping with my fiancée. Every 2 weeks we go shopping, we have a list of things we want and need. As we’re walking down the isle picking up our items she sees an item that is neither something we need nor is it on the list. I really don’t recall what the [...]

All my life, my Dad tells me stories all the time about how he got this deal or that deal. It’s always for electronics, TVs, spark plugs, other car-related things, stuff for his boat, home improvement tools, how he fixed something on the cheap, and so on. It’s seriously his favorite topic. You know what scares me? Now, I’m actually starting to understand why he tells me this stuff. Take Sunday, for instance. He’s telling me about this deal on [...]