For your consideration: Nitrogen In Your Tires Saves Money?

Well, we’d like to address this one, because everyone is getting desperate to save any money they can on gasoline.

The answer is: Yes, BUT only if you can get the nitrogen for about $.25 per tire.

Think about this:

1. What we humans call “air” is actually about 68% nitrogen. So the stuff you’re already putting in your tires is almost where people think it should be in order to reap the big savings.
2. This whole craze came about because some all-star somewhere figured out that airplane tires are filled with nitrogen to reduce flames if a tire blows during a landing, and then decided to start hyping nitrogen for cars. Thanks, Mr. All-Star.
3. Finally, Costco will put nitrogen in your tires if you buy them new at the store. So, of course, they use this as a marketing gimmick, because Americans are consumers first and educated consumers second. So, how’s anybody gonna know?

Nitrogen in your tires will last longer than regular air meaning the tires will retain pressure longer—almost 3 times as much. Nitrogen will not allow your tires to burn, if you have a break problem and so forth. Constant tire pressure will result in higher gas mileage over time. You can research just how little your mileage will go up . . .

The problem with nitrogen is cost. It will cost you about $8-$13 bucks retail to get nitrogen put into your tires. Trust The Money Kings. You won’t make that $$$$$ back.

Try some of the other ways to save money on gas. Take some weight out of your vehicle, to start!

Good luck out there.

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For your consideration: Cheap Entertainment.

One of the best things we can think of, when really looking for a good, humorous, business-related trip is to take a tour of some of the old properties you used to own that you sold to some sucker.

We, meaning landlords, all have properties that we’ve loved and hated. There’s just something intriguing about the scenario where you hate a property, but wind up selling to someone that loves the place.

This is how you do it:

1. Grab a buddy of yours that wants to take a drive.
2. Head on over to your chosen property(s)
3. Start telling stories.
4. Finish your driving with an evening at your favorite local restaurant.
5. Continue telling stories and possibly drinking.

That’s it! Cheap entertainment. If your buddy was/is a landlord, the dynamic of the conversations will probably be a little more sympathetic vs. complete and total shock and awe on the part of a real estate neophyte. Heck, you can do this multiple times with multiple friends!

Tell them about the time your tenant’s minibike got stolen, or about how the lady down the street needs a new crib and you’re the one to give it to her. Tell them about how you ran into your rental house garage door with your SUV, or how your unit was burglarized and you could tell that the bastards WANTED to take the stove (because it was sitting in the middle of your kitchen with the gas line fully extended), but couldn’t because they didn’t bring a wrench so the next day they came back with some bolt cutters, but your neighbors scared them off. Tell them about how tenants that you threw out never came back, but their kids did to dig up your yard and kill your bushes.

You’re the headliner on this event. Bask in the glow! Forget those sexy and exotic foreign trips

Good luck out there.

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For your consideration: Try Hypermiling And Save On Gas!

We were kind of flabbergasted by this idea: 1) Someone gave a name to the idea that the driver might be a cause for poor gas mileage, and 2) The name is rather popular!

Hypermiling is real. You really can save money on gas by driving, dare we say, better.

You can search on this subject till you’re blue in the face, but here are the quick, easy and dirty top five hypermiling techniques you can use TODAY to start saving on those (seemingly never-ending and increasing) gas prices.

1. Take crap out of your car: We know it’s difficult to believe, but all those extra school books and other items you don’t NEED in your car are taking miles off each gallon. You have a domicile, we assume, use it for storage.
2. Use your cruise control early and often: You can even use your cruise in city limits. If you’ve got skills, you can time your accelerations and decelerations perfectly with your cruise, because most folks can't seem to . . .
3. Quit hyperaccelerating: You’ve seen this a million times. The guy next to you hits the gas at every green light lifting his front suspension as he tears down the street. This just cost him way more gas than necessary. Hypermiling driving techniques dictate that you let your cars idle get the vehicle in motion before touching the gas petal. Accelerating an already moving vehicle is much more energy efficient than trying to move a one ton piece of metal that’s completely stopped.

For your consideration: Alright. Now We’ll Talk About GPS.

For the love of everything right with humanity:

Here are the top reasons we’re hearing from people against using/buying a GPS unit:

1. They’re too expensive.
2. I’m technology-challenged (one of our favorite BS excuses people seem to use for not applying themselves in the use of very basic technologies)
3. I don’t want to lose my natural sense of direction.
4. If God wanted me to know exactly where I was all the time, then he’d blah, blah, blah. GPS isn’t right with God.
5. I have too many gadgets already. GPS is just another gadget.
6. Humans are going too far . . . It’s almost like we’re robots with all this technology.

Here are our responses:

1. GPS units are cheap, cheap, cheap these days. If you’re thinking of buying a new car, more than likely, you’ll even have GPS in it.
2. The folks that design these systems have the people that THINK they’re technology-challenged in mind during R&D. We wonder a lot of times if the people that give this BS excuse have actually tried a GPS system to see just how easy it is to use.
3. If you have a natural sense of direction, then you won’t lose it. Money King’s got one, and he never seems to not know which direction he’s headed GPS or not. Natural skills aren’t skills you lose.
4. If God didn’t want us to develop GPS, then why can we do it?

For your consideration: Unexpected Hotel Reservation Savings?

The Money Kings will pose this scenario to you as a question.

Are you using:

1. Hotwire
2. Priceline
3. Travelocity
4. Expedia

What kind of discounts are these services really giving you?

Have you ever tried to search for a hotel on one of these services, and then replicated your search on one of the provided hotel’s web sites? What kind of results did you get?

Today one of our crew ran into a unique situation today that is worthy of TheMoneyKings.com

Our guy:

1. Logged on to Expedia.com.
2. Searched for a hotel.
3. Got a price quote.
4. Went to his selected hotel’s web site.
5. Booked the same check-in and check-out dates.
6. Got a lower price!

That’s right. AND this isn’t the first time this has happened to one of The Money Kings. What’s even more unique about this situation is that another money saving tip came from this whole experience:

Our guy wanted to stay 4 nights in his hotel. The hotel was giving an incentive to stay for 5 nights. The incentive was 50% off the room rate for each night!

For your consideration: Don’t Pay Full Price On Broadway. Save Money With TKTS.

The next time you’re visiting Manhattan, The Money Kings want you to buy your Broadway tickets at one of the two TKTS booths in town.

Why?

Because you’ll pay anywhere between 25% and 50% less for your seats on the night of the show. AND tons of people want to know how they can get the cheapest possible Broadway tickets. The Money Kings say, "TKTS is it!"

That’s why!

From the TKTS web site:

TDF operates two TKTS Discount Booths in New York City

1. The Times Square Booth sells day-of-performance tickets only.
2. The South Street Seaport Booth sells tickets to evening performances on the day of the performance, and matinée tickets the day before.

TKTS doesn’t accept anything other than cash, and it doesn’t guarantee inventory. Any New Yorker will tell you, however, that TKTS has the tickets you want. Usually, these booths are packed with customers. Right now, The Money Kings recommend the Times Square booth as it has many more windows vs. the South Street Seaport location, and face it—it’s closer to Broadway.

Another great thing about the TKTS service is the NYC Theatre 101 guide located on their web site. These people are here to help you save money and not get lost in the mix of Broadway’s over 40 theatres. TKTS offers legitimate savings.


Happy Theatre Going!


The Money Kings