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Family Balance Sheet
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Saving more money is one of the top resolutions that people make…after getting in shape and eating healthier. That is why I created Family Budget Spreadsheets — a bundle of spreadsheets that we personally use to plan and budget our money. I created a Monthly Budget spreadsheet because I like formulas.
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 11, 2020
Pre-coronavirus, I considered having 3 months of expenses saved in cash to be sufficient. Every night my first prayer is that this virus starts to mitigate, the curve flattens to a manageable level for our health care system, and lives are saved. Budget items we are temporarily stopping for now: EVERYTHING ELSE!
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Family Balance Sheet
MAY 6, 2020
For many households, their finances and budgets are in limbo. How Our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic. I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. Our first storm: 2007. What got us through financially?
Savings Corner
DECEMBER 25, 2023
To calculate how much house you can afford, we take into account a few primary items, such as your household income, monthly debts (for example, car loan and student loan payments) and the amount of savings available for a down payment. How does your debt-to-income ratio impact affordability? Debt and expenses.
Family Balance Sheet
OCTOBER 10, 2014
We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss. Does your property tax bill give you anxiety? Every month, we transfer this money into a savings account that is connected to our checking account.
Family Balance Sheet
JUNE 4, 2015
However a few years ago, we found ourselves with too much debt and not enough cash. Within a year after settlement, we found ourselves with a lot of debt, not enough cash flow, and very little set aside for emergencies. As much as I wanted to be a property owner, the extra debt was beginning to suffocate us.
Family Balance Sheet
JUNE 22, 2020
It was so big that I cried for two days straight– we paid off six figures in non-mortgage debts. 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. After the first year, the new business debt weighed on me.
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