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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build your emergency fund. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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I’m busy raising my daughters with my 50-something husband, managing our small business, and writing my blog. They’re taking a gap year between high school and college. ” Her comment was echoed by another (in real life) conversation I was having with a different friend who is sending a child off to college this fall.

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Friday Links – Too Swamped Edition

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Working to build your emergency fund? Read up on emergency fund basics at Money Smart Guides. These days, if you spend any time on most personal finance blogs, one of the author's main goals in life. Confused about how much you should save and how you should go about saving it? Hope you have a great weekend.

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Yakezie Carnival November 13, 2011- November Edition

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Money Cactus: Wealth Creation Online: Invest It Wisely Interview – There are a stack of really great personal finance blogs online and keeping up with them can be tough, this series introduces you to those who I think are well worth knowing about. The College Investor: Top Five College Myths – Dispelled!

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Our Debt Freedom Plan | Marriage & Money

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Save $$$ Home Emergency Fund – Dave suggests to start at $1000, but being self-employed, ours is much higher, but it is not quite 3-6 months of expenses. Increase our emergency funds for the home & office to 3 – 6 months worth of expenses. Start college funds for our two girls.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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Kevin Mulligan from RothIRA.com’s Retirement Planning Blog tells us how to Take Advantage of Retirement Accounts for a Side Business. Jim Yih from Retire Happy Blog discusses Reverse Mortgages , and says, “Reverse mortgages are marketed effectively but are they really all they are cracked up to be?

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2012 Financial Goals

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Increase Family Emergency Fund to Six Months Salary. Start College Savings Accounts for our Girls. The good news about making this list is that it has given me many blog post ideas for 2012! Currently, we have about 3 months salary saved, but we are self-employed and should have a six month security net.