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Our Debt Freedom Plan | Marriage & Money

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Save $$$ Home Emergency Fund – Dave suggests to start at $1000, but being self-employed, ours is much higher, but it is not quite 3-6 months of expenses. Increase business emergency savings to $$$. | Should be done in another month or two. The server in our office is about 10 years old and has reached capacity.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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You can only cut so much from a budget, so to increase our cash flow, we’ll need to earn extra income by growing our small business and growing my blog. Save a starter Home Emergency Fund. Dave Ramsey suggests to have a starter emergency fund of $1000 while focusing on paying off non-mortgage debt. 2017 Update.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Better to refinance and sink those funds into the treasury market! Tax Rebate Blog: How Much Can you Earn Before Paying Tax in 2011 Tax allowances and brackets change each year. Personal Finance Whiz : What Is An Emergency Fund? One of the major components of being financially fit is to have an emergency fund.

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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. I don’t make a lot of income on this blog, and it has definitely decreased recently as I’ve reduced my hours spent blogging. Everything looked great on paper. .”

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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Most of them are related to our small business, my husband’s chiropractic office, but last January I got a bee in my bonnet about debt…thank you, Dave Ramsey. For the past two years, I held monthly accountability challenges on the blog. How to Build a Starter Emergency Fund in 30 Days or Less | Jackie Beck @ The Debt Myth.

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Meet Aja. She & her husband Paid Off $110,000 in Debt

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She writes about family, finances and faith at her blog, Principles of Increase. I own a software consultancy that I run from home and my husband is a letter carrier with the post office. We are almost done with our 3-6 month emergency fund and will begin maxing out our retirement accounts. Where are you from?

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