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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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Money Matters - How to Build Healthy Financial Habits and Prevent Future Debt

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In this blog post, we'll share some of the top financial habits that can help you improve your financial mindset and reduce your chances of falling head over heels in debt. Emergencies do happen, so it's essential to have a savings cushion to fall back on when unexpected expenses pop up. Save for a rainy day.

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How To Invest In Just 5 Minutes A Year

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. Like, a lot. Stock Index.

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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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Grocery Budget Challenge – April Meeting

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For my system, read 11 Simple Meal Planning Tips. Use May to use up what you have stored in your pantry and freezer and see how much grocery money you have left over at the end of the month to put towards other things, such as an upcoming vacation or your emergency fund. For my system, read 5 Steps to an Organized Pantry.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Each clip corresponds with one of the blog posts included this week. years, my perspective on an engagement ring is simple. John S from Frugal Rules shares Blogging Tips From a Beginner , and says, “Before I began blogging, I thought there was a difficult point of entry. I think I just want one.”

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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. I quit my job to focus on my own stuff (blogging, painting, rental property, my iPhone app, writing Kindle books, etc.). I needed to count on myself and support my son, and that meant getting my financial life in order, starting with building an emergency fund for the first time. Get creative.

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