Penny Pinchin' Mom
DECEMBER 17, 2023
The post The Age Old Question: Should You Pay Off Debt or Save? Should you pay off debt or save? So, you want to get started on debt repayment so you can focus on other financial goals? However, if you pay off these debts, there will be nothing left for investments in these tough financial times.
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 22, 2011
What got us through.our emergency fund. Had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. We reduced our spending where we could, but the money to pay any shortfall each month came from our emergency fund. Do you have an emergency fund?
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Motherhood Moments
JANUARY 18, 2023
Nobody knows for sure whether we’ll see a recession or not,” said Amy Maliga, financial educator with Take Charge America, a nonprofit credit counseling and debt management agency. An emergency fund is vital regardless of the larger economic climate. Prepare by paying off debt.
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 9, 2021
Prior to FPU, we thought we were doing well financially and never considered that we had too much debt. We didn’t carry over credit card balances, we paid off our car notes early, and the interest rate on the student loan was at a low 2.75%. But Dave Ramsey’s view of debt is very different. That’s a necessity.
Savings Corner
DECEMBER 24, 2023
How to use a debt consolidation calculator to control your debt It is easy to get overwhelmed with debt, but debt consolidation offers a solution. Bankrate’s debt consolidation calculator is designed to help you determine if debt consolidation is the right move for you.
Family Balance Sheet
AUGUST 11, 2016
We charted out our course of action to pay off debts and start saving for retirement. Start Saving for your Emergency Fund TODAY! If not for that fund, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. That emergency fund saved our business, our sanity, and our marriage.
Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
We paid off over $147,000 in debt (actually way over that amount, if you want to count a $210,000 rental property that I sold at a slight loss.) About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) Then my husband decided to pay off his car.
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