If you're looking to make a little extra money then your best bet may be the tried-and-true method of working a part-time job in the retail or food service sector. That's according to Abigail R. Gehring's book, Odd Jobs: How To Have Fun and Make Money In A Bad Economy, an offering of more than 100 odds jobs if you want to make a buck or two without a long term commitment.

Many of these jobs are available by signing up with an agency that provides temporary employment. Once you're sign up, you are sent to odd jobs in your neighbourhood. When I did it, I sold Tupperware in a mall kiosk, picked up cardboard boxes in a Costco and spent a week putting different sizes of screws into really small bags.

It's warm, it's cold - must be spring and with spring weather comes spring cleaning. It's that time of year when most of us take apart our homes and clean it from top to bottom.

A full clean can be a tedious task but there are ways to get a clean home without spending an entire day elbow deep in products.

There's nothing like the adrenaline rush of scrambling to get to the bank during business hours to pay thousands of dollars in HST, income tax and CPP to the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) via bank draft.

Now you don't have to worry about those bank drafts thanks to Plastiq, an online-payment company that allows you to pay bills, including your taxes online. What makes it different is that Plastiq allows you to use your credit card at institutions that previously didn't accept cards such as private schools, colleges and government agencies. All you have to do is sign up on the Plastiq site, chose the institution, pay via credit card and be charged two per cent of your total amount in fees.

Each month WalletPop searches the MLS listings for reasonably priced, attractive homes across the country. We've limited our picks to homes selling for less than $400,000, a bit more than the national average, which clocked in at $354,754 in January 2013, according to CREA, down 2% from a year earlier. And many of the properties we highlight this month are much less than that.

With low mortgage rates and a softening market there's no better time to go house hunting and lock in at a low rate. Click on the images below to launch the slideshow, and let us know whether you like our picks for this month.

A Toronto condo is up for sale. The three-bedroom, two-bath space has hardwood floors, Kitchen Aid appliances and the two bathrooms were fully renovated.

It's on the market for $410,000. The owner spent on the floor, kitchen and bathrooms which pleased a lot of viewers who had come out on a sunny Saturday.

There is a risk of over-improving your home especially in a caution market and taking a loss on your sale. To prevent that, there are a few things to keep in mind before you begin renovations.

Each month WalletPop searches the MLS listings for reasonably priced, attractive homes across the country. We've limited our picks to homes selling for less than $400,000, a bit more than the national average, which clocked in at $352,800 in December 2012, up 1.6% from a year earlier. And many of the properties we highlight this month are much less than that. With low mortgage rates and a still-soft market there's no better time to go house hunting and lock in at a low rate. Click on the images below to launch the slideshow, and let us know whether you like our picks this month.

The tax deadline is almost here. Tax season is never pleasant and most Canadians would rather get it over as quickly as possible. The question is, do Canadians take advantage of all tax breaks?

Adrienne K. Woodyard, a tax lawyer with Davis LLP, took time out of her day to answer a few questions about Canadians and taxes.

Think you know everything you need about retiring? You probably don't according to a recent TD Waterhouse poll. The poll found that Canadians still believe certain myths about debt, saving and retirement.

Each month WalletPop searches the MLS listings for reasonably priced, attractive homes across the country. We've limited our picks to homes selling for less than $400,000, a bit more than the national average, which clocked in at $352,800 in December 2012, up 1.6% from a year earlier. And many of the properties we highlight this month are much less than that. With low mortgage rates and a still-soft market there's no better time to go house hunting and lock in at a low rate. Click on the images below to launch the slideshow, and let us know whether you like our picks this month.

SLIDESHOW: FEBRUARY 2013 REAL ESTATE ROUND-UP

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