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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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How I’m managing our family budget during the Pandemic: We pay ourselves at the beginning of each month, so when this crisis started in mid-March, we were covered for the month. Budget items we are temporarily stopping for now: EVERYTHING ELSE! What changes have you made to your family’s budget?

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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For many households, their finances and budgets are in limbo. Also to top it off, I had a huge property tax due that month for our office building that was going to be difficult to pay for in light of the circumstances. We have revised our budget and we will get through this storm. We thought life would be golden.

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Buying A House In 2023: A Step-By-Step Guide

Savings Corner

Sellers still have an edge in many areas, thanks to a continued scarcity of houses, and no one expects a dramatic housing market crash. Create a housing budget The purchase price and down payment aren’t the whole picture. Analyze your monthly budget to make sure you can handle mortgage payments along with your other day-to-day bills.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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We have thought about moving to a larger home with more space, but a smaller home means lower utility bills, homeowners’ insurance premiums, maintenance, and property taxes. In 2020, we still use and are thankful for Medi-share. While our income has grown over the years, our home expenses have stayed the same. Groceries.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

I track expenses, monitor our budget and handle all of our investments. Alan and I, by choice, bought land in an area with low property taxes. Had we not fallen in love with the locale, it wouldn’t have mattered how low the taxes were, but fall in love we did. Mary, thanks so much for joining in!