I didn’t realize you can buy money orders with credit, but you can buy visa gift cards, and you used to be able to liquidate them on Amazon payments, and transfer to your bank account. I’m not sure if that is still allowed now. But a white guy put me on too.
Also, keep the cash back in a high yield savings account to earn interest on top of your free money. That’s how people with big money function. They keep enough in their checking to pay bills, and keep the rest in savings to build interest.
And don’t forget to shop online using the credit card shopping portals, or MyPoints, or Ebates. I use MyPoints, and get PayPal deposits. You can choose gift cards, and United miles, but I always go for the PayPal.
You can print your grocery coupons from My Points, and they give one point per coupon printed and 10 points per coupon redeemed, and sometimes 25 points for redeemed coupons. At most grocery stores, you can use a paper coupon ON TOP of the digital coupon you download on the mobile app.

If you’re into travel, it helps to stick with one hotel chain, and build up points for free rooms. IHG had a promotion a few years ago where you write your name, address, and the number of a MasterCard on an index card, and mail them in separate envelopes to them. You could mail up to 250 I think. Then you got emails with prizes, mostly in points. I got enough points for 4 free nights at Holiday Inn Express, or 2 free nights at a higher end IHG hotel. That doesn’t seem like a big deal, but if you like traveling, you know the hotel should just be for sleeping, and putting your belongings. Holiday Inn Express is decent enough depending on the area. You have to keep up with the travel bloggers. They tell you how to earn points and miles, and about promotions.
I used to be really broke, so I have broke boy PTSD, and started saving out of necessity, and now I just like hoarding money, and hate paying full price for anything. And yes, I’ll use a coupon at a restaurant. I don’t care if it’s a date.
And if you REALLY want to hustle, volunteer to pay for your group’s meal at the restaurant, and ask who is paying cash. Let them give you the cash, and you put their food on your card to earn even more rewards, because restaurants pay higher cash back. My friends and family already know the deal.
