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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. Use my Family Balance Sheet excel spreadsheet to help you organize your finances. Although I have not personally used this resource. Start Saving for your Emergency Fund TODAY! Where We Stand.

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Our Debt Freedom Plan | Marriage & Money

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Prior to FPU, we thought we were doing well financially and never considered that we had too much debt. Using Dave Ramsey’s 7 baby steps, we created our Debt Freedom Plan. We will use Dave Ramsey’s debt snowball method. | We estimate that this will take us 4 years. Start college funds for our two girls.

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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. Today I’m going to talk about getting those emergency funds going.

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

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Well, this time I have done it again and put together some good laughs for you to enjoy on your Monday morning. Each clip corresponds with one of the blog posts included this week. Editors Picks: Big Cajun Man from THE Canadian Personal Finance Site shares 10 Phrases I have Used to Save Money. I love this list.

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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. I quit my job to focus on my own stuff (blogging, painting, rental property, my iPhone app, writing Kindle books, etc.). Quitting my job is one of the things being debt free has enabled us to do. Building an emergency fund also helps enormously.

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