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2012 Financial Goals

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We are still working through some numbers and there might be some adjustments in the timelines we have given ourselves, but these are our financial priorities for 2012. Our 2012 Financial Goals. Increase Family Emergency Fund to Six Months Salary. We want to go to Walt Disney World in the fall of 2012 or spring of 2013.

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What to Do When You and Your Spouse Have Differing Financial Goals

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We bought a house in 2012; we both have fulfilling careers and we have two little dogs that we consider fur babies. My fiancé values his free time more, so he can spend his free time doing what he likes to do. My fiancé and I are getting married in less than two months. Money Tips'

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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The journey started in 2012 when we bought an office building for our business and then found ourselves with a lot of debt and not enough cash flow. We still have a mortgage, so we’re technically not DEBT-FREE, but we paid off over 6 figures of business debts and student loans since 2012 and have wiped out our NON-mortgage debt.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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How we got to six figures of non-mortgage debt: In the summer of 2012, we found an opportunity to purchase an office building for our small business. As part of his baby steps, he does not advocate contributing to retirement until after you’ve paid off non-mortgage debts and saved 3-6 months of expenses in an emergency fund.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

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Eric from Narrow Bridge Finance tells us what The True Cost of Something That is Free. We take advantage of anything we can get if it is free or cheap, but do we need to? Make sure you know how to capitalize on this.” Read and learn how to save some money.” I totally agree with Eric here.

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Yakezie Carnival November 13, 2011- November Edition

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Money Talks Coaching: Finding Your Emergency Fund – I hear you saying “I know emergency funds are important, but how am I supposed to save money when I can’t even pay my bills?” Today I’m going to talk about getting those emergency funds going. krantcents: How Will You Measure Your Life?

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