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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. And while I don’t like parting with our money, I am grateful that this repair won’t send us into financial distress. 3 Action Steps to Set Up your Emergency Fund. It is NOT a spending account.

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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. We’re struggling with it all too. If you’re married, you MUST do this with your spouse.) I really am enjoying this decade though.

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How To Invest In Just 5 Minutes A Year

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I read a lot of finance blogs. You might say I’m a finance blog junkie. I’m half expecting all my friends and family to show up at my house and have an intervention, in an attempt to get my love of finance blogs under control. And, I can explain how to do it in just a short blog post. Exchange Traded Funds.

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Grocery Budget Challenge – April Meeting

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April Wins : By using the same strategies from March , I was able to stay within our grocery budget of $450. We’re heading into grilling season and I always find this to be an easier time of year for me to plan a menu. If you’re stumped on how to use a particular ingredient, search for ideas on FBS or other recipe sites.

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Our Debt Freedom Plan | Marriage & Money

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Using Dave Ramsey’s 7 baby steps, we created our Debt Freedom Plan. 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. Unfortunately they’re not cheap. We estimate that this will take us 4 years.

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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She blogs at The Debt Myth. Tell us about you and your family. We live in metro Phoenix, in a 70s tract house that we’ve been gradually re-doing. I quit my job to focus on my own stuff (blogging, painting, rental property, my iPhone app, writing Kindle books, etc.). Building an emergency fund also helps enormously.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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You will learn exactly what settings, plugins, and themes he uses. 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?

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