Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Bankrate’s AdvisorMatch can connect you to a CFP® professional to help you achieve your financial goals. Here’s what financial planning is all about and what you need to know to get started. What is a financial plan? Debt reduction – How much do you need to pay down and how can you do it?

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 16, 2017

The spreadsheet listed our short-term and long-term account balances, our debts, and our short-term and long-term financial goals. We are working towards some pretty big financial goals and we’ve hit quite a few already. Value of your home – outstanding debt on your home = Equity). Change #1.

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Savings Corner

APRIL 4, 2024

Key takeaways Refinancing replaces your current mortgage with a new one, adjusting the rate, term or both. With refinancing, you can change the loan type as well as your lender. Here’s how refinancing a mortgage works, the common options available to you and pros and cons to consider. What is refinancing?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 30, 2012

Increasing your credit card limit is really increasing your debt, or at least your exposure to debt, so say ’No!’ Ignoring Your Debt Debt is not just going to go away, you must handle it and work to whittle it away. Living Paycheck to Paycheck Living from paycheck to paycheck is a dangerous and precarious practice.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

We have been in our home for over 20 years and I’ve refinanced for better rates at least five times, mostly for free. Implement our Debt Freedom Plan. Once we came to an agreement that paying off our non-mortgage debt was a priority, I put the plan into action. Organize paperwork for tax preparation.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

As I reflect back to January 2016, I started that year pretty determined to pay off the balance of our non-mortgage debts. Unfortunately, we did not hit that goal and in part, have made some major changes to our Debt Freedom Plan. Our Debt Freedom Plan Started in 2013: The year 2012 was quite exciting for me and my husband.

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